Log by weight, not volume

"A splash of oil." "Half an avocado." "Two slices of bread." That's how a lot of people log, and it's mostly fiction.

Spoons, cups and pieces are guesses. For some foods, the guess is close enough. For others, it's way off. The ones that vary the most: oil, avocado, bread and freeze-dried fruit. A half avocado depends entirely on the avocado. Bread comes thick and thin. Freeze-dried fruit is so light and airy that a cupful tells you almost nothing.

So I log in grams. Kitchen scale on the counter, plate on the scale, zero, add, log. It sounds fussy. Once it's a habit, it's just how food goes on a plate.

Weighing also takes the guessing out of it. A number on a scale is just a number, and you can work with a number.