One of the Survivors wrote:

I am now using the fitday website and am finding it to be a wonderful
resource, too. The only problem I see myself having is maybe trying
to learn portion sizes. For example, I've been eating steak and I
don't really know how to measure it except in grams. They always ask
how many cups of it or how many ounces. I guess I probably just need
to learn the conversions...

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It's possible that the non-free, downloadable version of FitDay has more
options for measurement units - I'm not sure. See if you can find out from
the FitDay website or from someone else on here that uses it.

Also, there are many folks here from outside the US who use metric
measurements and also use FitDay; I am fairly certain there has been some
discussion in the past and if you Google the archives of this group you
might find some suggestions for on-line conversion calculators. Again, I'm
just not sure. A pointed question to the group about metric measures and
FitDay might help if you can't find anything in the archives.

Also, do you eat a lot of times a day? I'm trying to work out a
system, but I have never been a breakfast eater and there have been
long periods in the past where I haven't had lunch either. I've never
been a healthy eater. For the longest time, I only at one big meal at
dinner time and then maybe a snack late at night. So I wonder if I
should eat three times a day or eat a little bit a bunch of times a
day? Any advice for this?

This varies a lot person to person, I find, so you may just have to do your
own experimenting to figure out what works for you. For me, I eat several
(4-5) smallish meals a day, and at the moment I average about 1600 Calories
a day. When I discovered this system it was like a revelation to me; it
makes staying on plan just so much easier. The key for me is to make sure
that every "meal" and every "snack" has a good amount of protein and fat -
like some nuts, eggs, cheese, nut butter, something like that. (When I was
on Weight Watchers I used to have snacks made up of plain raw vegetables - I
love the way they taste, but they aren't so great for satisfying actual
hunger.)

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