For example, MyFitnessPal shows Panda Express steamed white rice is 380 calories for 8.1 ounces. The kids meal, which is the smaller portion of course, shows 240 calories for 5.1 ounces. You probably got 8 ounces worth with any regular sized take out container. So you're looking between 380-400 in case you got some extra scooped in there.
So people really count calories? I mean, they actually keep track of the numbers?
I thought that was just some kind of marketing trick and everybody just kind of eye balled it. You know, you've been eating everyday, several time a day, for your whole life so you kind of know what's a normal portion for you. So if you want to gain weight you just kind of have bigger portions and if you want to lose weight you kind of have smaller portions.
The idea of actually carrying an electronic device and actually calculate these things seem strange.
Compare to say 20 year ago, and certainly when I was a kid, we have much more easy access to low calorie food, we have gyms practically on every street corner. They're always crowded so more people are working out then ever before. Yet people seem fatter than ever.
