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Strategies on Portion Control

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  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    PrizePopple wrote: »
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Eat off 9 inch plates.

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    My Corelle 10.25" dinner plates are used as serving platters here, and the 8.5" plates are what we use for meals. We have the 6.75” "Bread & Butter Plates" as well, and they get used at lunch for sandwiches and chips/crackers (or for the kids at dinner time).

    We use square plates! My husband never had a weight problem because he exercises like crazy and my foods are NOT calorie dense, but he does have a binging problem, and he used to make himself physically ill. It's from his upbringing, where his sense of being full basically got broken by his parents. :P

    We eat off 8" square plates or 6.5" plates meant for salads and for bread, here. We only have a few larger plates that we also use for serving!
  • purplemystra
    purplemystra Posts: 159 Member
    edited June 2015
    To make it easy on myself sometimes. I buy the 100 cal snack packs. I love guacamole so I buy the Wholly Guacamole cups that 100 cal each. I also sit and weight big bags of stuff into ziplock bags to grab n go. To make things easy to measure and weight at work I went to the $1 store and bought measuring cups and spoons I keep in my desk. I also bought an inexpensive scale. It helps me control my portions.
  • FloralBlossom
    FloralBlossom Posts: 21 Member
    I weight and measure everything then fill half my plate with vegetables and I don't go back for seconds
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    I like these:
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porcelain-Portion-Control-Kit-Contains-4-Portion-Plates-Bowls-Glasses-Discs-/321333804700?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ad0fcbe9c

    and this:
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Healthy-Portion-Plate-Portion-Control-is-key-to-weight-loss-/231589502706?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item35ebcf5ef2

    Pretty, almost cute, as a contrast to lots of items meant for portion control. I think it could help some people. But I wouldn't but any of it myself, because I prefer weighing and prelogging! Weighing and prelogging has taught me a lot about portion control, trusting the process, and being more mindful around eating.
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    More veggies, less of everything else.. but yeh, weigh it too
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