measure-ey

so as i was walking out of fitworks and i overheard a trainer/nutrionist meeting with a client. also, that same morning i had the today show on and i remember it being one of the reocurring (yawn) pieces on portion control and calorie intake. the trainer/nutrionist of fitworks had a super boring copy of "the correct portions" you shall intake at each meal. this included such things as tennis balls and softballs. the client looked oh so interested in this sheet of course! and the trainer didn't have to do anything but pass that printed out dated worksheet on correct calorie intake and portion control onto her client to follow to the tee. i mean could we make it a little less robotic please? not to mention completely boring and dare i say not realistic at all? i mean especially for the beginner trying to lose weight- let us tackle one problem at a time before we get to how many peas we're allowed to eat at dinner. and to me, it's so much more important WHAT you eat, not just how much you eat. i mean if you're sitting down to a meal of carrots, who cares if you eat 75 of them? i'm so sick of these ADA following rule following portion controlled calorie intake bosses telling everyone how much and when to eat. it is not one size fits all! i think it doesn't have to be like this. who has time to count calories and measure your food and compare your meals to balls?!! not only is this method of food control completely boring, but it's really a pain and complicated. a healthy diet is actually the opposite of this- it's SIMPLE. let's just focus on eating real whole food and we'll all be much better for it :)
i focus on ingredients PERIOD. i focus on QUALITY, not quantity. even if you eat only a tennis ball portion of cheese puffs- you still subjected your body to cheese puffs. so let's stop being so anal and measure-ey (great word there, huh?!), and focus on the important stuff like what are you feeding your body? what are you feeding your mind?