Anyone count servings/food groups?

[LuluLovesDisney]

Hi there! I've just begun following an old Weight Watchers book that allows servings of fruit, dairy, meat, bread, fats, etc. (The only thing I'm not really following is the "liver once a week" business! That's just cruel.) Wondering if anyone else counts servings, instead of carbs calories, etc. (I also did Richard Simmons Deal a Meal when I was 11, which was somewhat similar.) How many servings of each group do you eat? Have you found it successful?

Thanks!

 

[gdub918]

That is kind of what I do.

I have set myself to 6 servings of protiens 5 servings of Vegtable/Fruits and 5 servings of Grains, and 1 lifes extra (100 calories of whatevever I want.)

The catch is each one of these servings is assigned a caloric value. So a serving of protien is 100 calories, a serving of veg/fruit is 50 calories, and a serving of grains is 80 calories.

I hope this is what you were looking for and it helps.

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

That's what I was thinking- my only question is- you don't have a category for dairy- is that extra or does it fit in somewhere. (I drink 2 glasses of 2 % carb countdown milk a day)
Thanks!!!