Lose Weight By Reducing Portions of Food You Love
I sensed the waitress groan as she set the loaded oversized dinner plate in front of me. My plate was piled high with at least four adult servings of pasta. We’d already eaten salad and breadsticks. Noticing all the other overweight customers surrounding me, the truth..hit me between the eyes.
Over sized portions cause weight gain. There is not magic fix as if it were a problem with a slow thyroid. It is not always easy to recognize this problem either. Most of us do not know how large a portion should be.
I didn’t create the oversized portions so it isn’t my fault, but it is my problem.
When it comes to food…. Size Matters!
The size of dinner plates are larger than they were a few decades ago. One good tip is to use a salad plate instead.
Cafe portions are huge these days. Consider eating off of the child’s menu or splitting dinner with a friend. One other tips that works is to split a meal into a to-go box before eating it. Then you can take half home for lunch the next day.
Make sure you know how large a portion should be.
One small baked potato should be about the size of the inside of your hand.
Pancakes should be about the size of the ones that come inside the toaster pancake boxes, and not the size of a dinner plate.
Medium sized bagels should be hockey puck sized.
Small muffins should be about the size of a baseball.
Consider cheese. A serving is about 1 oz., and not a pound.
A suggestion meat portion should fit in the palm of your hand.
A portion of cooked rice is about the size of a full cupcake wrapper.
Fruits and vegetable servings should be about the size of a tennis ball.
4. Decide: One diet doesn’t fit all. Eating more protein may work well for some people while eating more fiber may be best someone else. We need to try a variety of eating styles to find one that best suits our individual needs and lifestyles. Because I work from home, I like to eat many small balanced snacks ( 100-200 calories) every few hours throughout the day. Take time to research an eating program that works best for you.
You may not be overweight because you eat too much food per day, but because you eat the wrong food. Concentrate on fruit, vegetables, and whole grains. Try to reduce processed food as much as possible.
We can eat less, eat healthy, and live better with every meal choice we make. I am losing weight and I feel more energized just by making these small, consistant diet changes.
Life can be fun without overeating.
Portion Distortion – Take some simple steps to eat better. Help yourself lose weight and feel better with fast weight loss hints!
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