If I don't have a scale is there an easy way to figure out how much 4 oz. of meat would be?

Question

I'm starting a lifestyle change and have found a meal plan but I don't know how to measure out 4oz and don't really want to buy a scale. Is there a reference like the size of my palm or something?

Answer 1

Exactly, the size of your palm (unless your hands are very large or small), or a deck of cards is roughly 4 oz.

Good luck!

May I suggest healthdiscovery.net? NOT the same as Discovery Channel. It is a message site for people on WW, although many of the users are not paying for official Weight Watcher meetings. Lots of great info and support!

Answer 2

Your palm is a good measurement, but meats can cause a lot of health problems. Get a copy of Dr. Campbell's "The China Study" is a summery of lots of health studies and is very informative and easy reading. Also am attaching a perfect diet, but use it as a guide, not a bible.

· It is important to maintain a good diet so you don't compromise your health. Damage done because of lack of nutrition is not worth a nice body. Some diet damage cannot be fixed.
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· When you deprive your brain, the brain will take other body cells to convert to the elements that it needs. And the cells it takes are BRAIN cells. OOPS. I don't want to lose brain cells to have thin legs. But I would like to have both.

Also, a quick weight loss is usually a water loss and that loss will come back ASAP. You cannot loose FAT more than 2 to 3 pounds a week. Any more than that and you are loosing water and muscle mass (not good)

AND DON'T GO ON A DIET. DECIDE TO MAKE A LIFE CHANGE TO A HEALTHY LIFE STYLE.

1) fruits and veggies, all you want, organic, raw, vine-ripe if possible. Steamed is OK, sautéed is OK even canned or frozen is OK, but lots of them.
2) limited or no meat.
3) nothing fried
4) no FAST FOOD- is junk, no nutrition, empty calories
5) NO PROCESSED FOOD. if you can't pronounce it don't eat it.
6) nothing white, salt, sugar, mayo, milk, (or at least in moderation.
7) NO DAIRY-dairy is great for baby cows, your body does not even digest it properly. check out www.notmilk.com
8) EXERCISE- and be sure to refresh your body with water and fresh fruit
9) NO PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS. Muscle is made from water, replace the water. You get enough protein from the food you eat, You get more protein from spinach than the supplements you take and your body does not get toxic on food protein the way it will with supplements. Supplements can really tax you liver.
10) Good supplement would be Omega 3, and B-12 and Juice Plus+
http://www.juiceplus.com/nsa/pages/Home....
11) NO CARBONATED DRINKS, or at least limited. They actually dissolve the calcium in your bones.
12) Calories in calories out.

AND DON'T GO NUTS, MODERATION.

Answer 3

Excellent answer from the above poster - deck of cards or palm of hand.

Answer 4

4 oz. meat = a deck of cards (all three dimensions)