I'm also sometimes surprised at how satisfying a proper portion of something can be.

This has been the surprise of the food log for me. Knowing the calorie count of a portion makes it more satisfying in odd, knowledge is power, sort of way.

I've gotten to the end of my calorie allotment in an evening and actually felt full...just because I know I've had all I need.

Today was a 'cheat' day, so a lot more calories than usual. What's cool is that I'm supposed to have one day a week where I relax, but this is the first one I've actually done in a month. On the other days, I got to the end of my allotment and just didn't want anything else. So, yay!

bonny, thanks for the acknowledgment.

Would they have been happy to use the term as a title for a doucmentary they were involved in if it was an offensive term?

Asian actors, and Native actors, and many others, participated in projects that they considered offensive. You take work where you can find it when you're a minority working in a field that discriminates by nature. The mere existence of such a program does not ameliorate the use of the term everywhere. Probably some people aren't offended by it. I am. I'm not really interested in arguing the nuances of offense, so I am disinclined to take this much further.

Anyway, like I said, thanks ita for bringing it up, and thanks bonny for responding gracefully when called on it. This is why I love us.

Yeah, portion size is so weird. I'm thinking about buying some vintage plates so they're a more reasonable size. Then the right amount of food will look ok, instead of this dollop in the middle of a huge plate.

I haven't used my dinner plates since the surgery, just the salad plates.

I'm thinking about buying some vintage plates so they're a more reasonable size.

All my dinner ware is uber-thick C&B cafe stock. The dinner plate is so huge, I've taken to using them only as platters. The salad plate (9in) is now the dinner plate. I've also acquired much smaller bowls. It seems funny now, how different they seem.

My cat's snoring on top of her condo, and it's quite loud. Very funny!

I haven't used my dinner plates since the surgery, just the salad plates.

I really only use my salad plates. My dinner plates are put away in a bottom cupboard. I use them for dinner party stuff when I am putting several things on a plate and totally garnishing it. But just me or just friends over? Salad plate. It's still not a small plate.

The dishes we have, have stripes on the outer edge or in the case of coffee cups and bowls, near the top. The bottom edge of the lowest stripe on the cups is where I fill for ice cream (I don't pack it down, if I did, it would be more than half a cup). The top of the bottom stripe on the bowls is the right water level for packets of instant oatmeal (I like it more creamy than viscous).

My typical lunch involves an entire 16oz package of frozen veggies plus 4-6oz of protein, so I dump it all in a glass pie plate and shove it in the microwave. When I go for a salad, I will use the pie plate as well, and heap it up with lettuce plus other veggies and a bit of meat. Of course, veggies aren't like ice cream - there is no virtue in restraining oneself to one serving a day, and many benefits to having 8ish.

Leftover lo mein. My only order out of the past couple weeks.

Hi ita! You have a moon! I heard it said on my teevee!