I remember back in the day when I went to see a dietician as a fat kid.

Sadly, this woman was next to useless.

I was only 10 and wanted to learn how to eat better because I was overweight and I didn’t like it.

Her advice was that I needn’t worry and I would probably grow out of it.

Probably……..

Well, I didn’t!

Anyway, I remember sitting down with my Mum and drawing up a meal plan which with hindsight had many flaws – it was the 80’s and low fat was king.

My Mum thought it was a good idea to weigh food – so we did and it helped.

It taught me how much 50g of rice looked like.

It was surprisingly small!

Now, I rarely weigh food because I know what certain amounts look like but if I hadst have gone through that journey I probably wouldn’t have.

So, Yes.

Weighing food can be really useful and stop us overeating.

In the long term though it is not the answer.

It’s just too much of a chore.

What is the answer?

Learning about nutrition and more importantly what works for you.

Because we are all so different.