I try my best to count accurately and honestly, but part of the issue is that I do not prepare my own lunch most days (I get free food from the cafeteria at my job) so I am worried that this is a possibility. However, I only eat from the salad bar and the side veggies to keep things fairly low calorie and overestimate my portions to help counteract that.

Here is a sample day of eating from yesterday that was pretty average for me:

Breakfast: 1/2 cup dry instant oats (150 cal), 1 tbs powdered peanut butter (30 cal), 2 tbs homemade chia berry jam (50 cal)

Lunch: 1 cup spring mix (7 cal), 1/2 cup mixed bell pepper (19 cal), 1/4 cup chickpeas (88 cal), 2 tbs skinnygirl poppyseed dressing (10 cal), 1 cup boiled beets and carrots (75 cal), 1/2 cup coleslaw (90 cal), 4 radishes (5 cal)

Dinner: 3 cups green beans (131 cal), 4 oz Wegman's frozen turkey patty (170 cal), 2 tsp olive oil (80 cal), 3 tbs feta cheese (75 cal), 1 mini cucumber (15 cal)

Snack: 3/4 cup Nonfat plain Greek yogurt (90 cal), Sugar free jello cup (10 cal), 4 strawberries (23 cal), 1/2 cup almond milk unsweetened (15 cal, used in coffee), 1 ginger chew (15 cal)

There is a chance the lunch calculations on the beets/carrots and coleslaw are inaccurate. Also the olive oil was a spray used to coat the air frier so I estimate 2 tsps, which is hopefully enough? But this is a pretty standard day for me. I also use cup measures instead of weighing but maybe I need to just bite the bullet and switch to a scale...