Serving Size?

I made some Jasmine rice the other day for dinner.

On the package it said that 1/4 cup was 70 calories. 

This simple statement started the biggest confusion on serving size I've ever had!

My issue was this:  1/4 cup of dry rice is 1/2 cup of cooked rice and the package didn't specify whether the serving size was dry or cooked.

I asked everyone I could think of...  Facebook, Caloriecount, my hubs...  Everyone kept coming up with different answers. 

Finally I got in contact with a nutritionist through caloriecount and managed a straight answer!

1/4 cup dry is 70 calories, so is 1/2 cup cooked!  The calorie content doesn't change unless you use broth or something like that.  The same goes for pastas too.  I know it was a big question I needed answered clearly so I thought you might too.

Are Your Eyes Bigger Than Your Stomach?

Well, it's not my eyes exactly.  I am very strict about counting my calories.  I use a great website that does everything for me.  My "problem" as of late is that my mental vision of one serving is WAY to small.  When I'm putting a food in I will look at how many calories are in a serving and if I can afford 2 servings I do it.  Primarily I do this with dinner and dinner is my big calorie splurge of the day.

Anyway, tonight I was inputting dinner and I decided I could have 6 oz of ham and one "potatoes' worth" of my mashed potatoes and a cup of broccoli.  It turns out, though very nutritious and delicious, it was A LOT of food.  I'm talking a good 2 inches of ham and a good 2 cups of mashed potatoes.  I mean, I love me some mashed potatoes but I was surprised when I ended up with so much food after what I saw the calorie count was on my meal.  The whole meal was only around 630 calories.  And I ate every bit of it!  And it was delicious.