Healthy Eating – Portion Control

Losing weight can be a challenge and there are so many invisible factors that cause us to eat more than we want. Successful weight loss involves a host of factors, and many people ignore an important part of that equation. So today we have some quick tips on portion control to help you on your weight loss journey.

Tips To Become Portion Aware

• Before eating, divide the plate – Fill one side with fruits or vegetables, leaving the rest for equal parts protein and starch. This way, you begin to see what a properly balanced meal looks like.
• If you eat until your plate is clean, make sure those plates are modestly sized. On a standard 8 to 10 inch dinner plate, a portion of spaghetti looks like a meal. On a 12 to 14 inch dinner plate, it looks meagre, so you’re likely to dish out a bigger portion to fill the plate.
• Don’t eat while watching TV as TV distracts you from how much you’re eating, and the more you watch, the more you are likely to eat.
• If you pour cranberry juice into two glasses of equal volume: one short and wide, the other tall and thin, most people will pour more cranberry juice into the short glass because the eye is a poor judge of volume in relation to height and width. Think before you drink.
• Not all portion control strategies are about eating less. You can have as much as you want of some foods. Place the foods you want your family to eat more of, for example, salads and vegetable sides, within easy reach on the table.