weighing, measuring and tracking food

To make the math easier (non-existent) for me, I keep a tab open on my computer to a three-way percentage calculator. That way I never have to figure out for myself, if a "serving" is 85 grams and I am eating 52 grams, what percentage of a "serving" do I use on MFP?

http://www.math.com/students/calculators/source/3percent.htm

It also helps that I tend to eat a lot of the same things over and over and make very simple meals.

Same here. Most of my meals are a single item. My craziest regular menu item has three ingredients.

Whacky fun.

Thanks! I will try that.

Same here with me, I also hate to measuring and tracking my food. I feel the same way. I use my scale out, and I check on how many grams and ounces the food weighs so I know how many correct calories I'll get when I weigh the food. I use this site (OH) & MyFitnessPal to login in my food, liquids, etc.... Me too, sometime I'm no sure if the calories are even correct, when I get to that point I just use my best judgement on the calories. I weigh my food before and/or after I make my meal. I weigh everything individually.

There are a lot of things I do that I don't enjoy.  I like clean clothes and HATE doing laundry.  After a little time, the weighing and measuring becomes second nature.  Before surgery I couldn't trust my brain to say what a correct serving was and 7 months out, I still can't.  At dinner I'll weigh my protein and log it and the few bites of veggies will be a guess.  Fruit happens once a week if that.  I can't believe you can eat 3/4 of a cup already!

I plug in my meals a few days in advance into MFP and use this conversion tool when needed - 

http://www.theunitconverter.com/weight-conversion/

I did it for years and was meticulous about it - I measured, weighed, tracked, studied nutrition labels. I bought dishes that were approx 1/2 to 1 cup capacity. After being diligent about it so long, I don't have to do it. I have a very keen sense about portion sizes and nutrition. I've managed to lose 40 lbs at almost 5 yrs out  without tracking everything BUT it would not be possible without the work early out. You could look at it like a pain or you could look at it like you're building a foundation for the rest of your life. 

Sorry I don't see a way to get around the measuring/tracking otherwise you end up guessing how much you're eating. I know my eyes are bigger than my stomach so I still track & pre measure ahead of time & use dishes that'll hold the amount of ounces etc that I eat in a meal.

I gota say I know how you feel but if it helps... I know the bad side of not doing it.  When I had a lapband put in 8yrs ago I measured and weighed and paid close attention.  I didn't want to hurt myself and I didn't want to get carried away.  But the years rolled by and I was having weight come off so I stopped.  But as you can tell I'm back on here and prepping for VSG next month.  

Just cook your meat for instance and measure out a couple portions of it and put it away for your next meal.  Truth is with WLS a lot of people eat several small meals so that chicken you made earlier will be what's for dinner later so mise well measure it out and put it in the fridge.  

It's well worth the effort if  you make it a habit.  MyFitness Pal makes it super easy to track everything, and it's eye opening how fast those calories add up.  I find it motivational to have that visual of my daily parameters.  I tend to eat the same stuff over and over, so it's become really easy for me to eyeball amounts fairly accurately.  It's just a matter of establishing the habit.