Portion control

LCorwin429
LCorwin429 Posts: 23 Member
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Tho I do have my own ( technique) going for myself, I still have my " food portion" problems :/:( -_-
Any advice?

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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    use smaller plates
    drink water before your meal
    slow down
  • grayblackmfp
    grayblackmfp Posts: 140 Member
    Don't keep the food you find hardest to portion out to fit your calories in the house.
    Have larger portions of vegetables and fruit.
  • JGreenwoodmfp
    JGreenwoodmfp Posts: 14 Member
    I eat tons of veggies!! Fills me up and low calorie!
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,522 Member
    It depends on how many you are cooking for, but one technique is to pre-portion high-calorie foods before cooking. For example, if you want to eat a half a sweet potato, cook just that. Another approach is to put away leftovers before eating. Get out the tupperware and put away extra portions after cooking but before you eat (some people do that at restaurants). In all cases, don't buy big Costco bags of things you don't want to overeat, like chips. Buy single serving packets or portion out larger amounts into baggies when it comes in the house. Also, if you go to a job, bring all your food for the day, including snacks. Then you can ignore the donuts and cookies people bring in and eat your apple or granola bar instead.
  • _pi3_
    _pi3_ Posts: 2,311 Member
    Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »
    It depends on how many you are cooking for, but one technique is to pre-portion high-calorie foods before cooking. For example, if you want to eat a half a sweet potato, cook just that. Another approach is to put away leftovers before eating. Get out the tupperware and put away extra portions after cooking but before you eat (some people do that at restaurants). In all cases, don't buy big Costco bags of things you don't want to overeat, like chips. Buy single serving packets or portion out larger amounts into baggies when it comes in the house. Also, if you go to a job, bring all your food for the day, including snacks. Then you can ignore the donuts and cookies people bring in and eat your apple or granola bar instead.

    That baggy idea for chips is a good one

    Sometimes you never think of the obvious
  • _pi3_
    _pi3_ Posts: 2,311 Member
    I'm a real chip *kitten*

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