If I'm eating packaged or raw food or food from most chain restaurants it's fairly trivial to track calories. When eating food that was homemade (especially if not by me), or from local vendors, it's practically impossible to track. Obviously I'm eventually going to crave and eat these foods, and that's ok, as long as it doesn't go overboard. But how do i track it? If I eat a waffle and eggs from a random diner is that 500 calories or 1500, how can i tell?
For that matter, is tracking even the best strategy? "naturally thin" people don't usually track calories, after all. They usually know when to stop anyways.
Should i just underbudget by say 1500-3000 kcal a week, and count on adding a treat or two that roughly adds up to that?
Also, how do others deal with the ridiculous portion sizes of treats here in the states. A single slice of cake is the size that 2-3 should be, and a restaurant meal is easily a day or mores calories in one sitting. I'm the type of person that can't keep junk food around or ill eat it all at once, but saying zero junk food isn't all that sustainable either, and "single serve" is never actually a single serving.
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