Lose Weight By Reducing Portions of Food You Love
Posted by Kris Dee | Filed under Health & Fitness
If you can see the waiter’s muscles as he sets down your big plate, imagine how all of the food is going to affect your own hips and waistline. I remember one night at an Italian restaurant. We ate salad and breadsticks, and were probably already over a normal day’s calorie limit. Then we got these huge servings of pasta. It all tasted great, but really could have fed four people.
I am overweight because I eat too much. T ‘ain’t my metabolism or my sluggish thyroid. The nasty fat fairy didn’t cast a spell on me while I slept. Pure and simple, I eat too much. The great power of recognizing my responsibility in a problem is the realization that I have the power to change or fix it.
I didn’t create the oversized portions so it isn’t my fault, but it is my problem.
Portion 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.
Before you eat, try to understand what a normal portion size should look like.
A small baked potato is about the size of the inside of my palm.
A waffle sound be about the size of a DVD. The toaster waffles are probably about that size.
a medium bagel is about the size of a hockey puck.
Small muffins should be about the size of a baseball.
One serving size of cheese is an ounce!
A suggestion meat portion should fit in the palm of your hand.
Your rice serving should fit in a cupcake cup.
A vegetable of fruit serving should be the size of a baseball.
No one diet plan seems to work for everybody. Some dieters have lost weight with high fiber diets, while high protein and low carbs work for others. Almost everybody benefits from adding more high water content food like soup, salad, and fruit.
Make positive choices. It may not be how much food you eat, but what sort of choices you make. Try to cut back on processed foods, and include more fresh food.
Try to make a positive choice for a healthier lifestyle. You will probably feel better.
Life can be fun without overeating.
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