Portion Control ONLY Success Stories?

I am doing portion control only (as well as exercising). I'm not doing any other kind of "dieting" though. My goal through this process is to essentially eat like I will eat for the rest of my life. But to figure out how to do it so I can be the weight I want to be. I still have a chocolate chip cookie but only one. My big treat is I have a small half cup measuring cup and a baby spoon. I measure out my ice cream and use that to eat it. It takes longer that way, and because I know that its all I get I am very mindful as I'm eating it. Same with the cookie. I walk nearly everyday and also hike on the weekends (with winter coming I get to find some new challenges and things I can enjoy doing). Find activities you enjoy doing and that helps. Don't sweat the day to day look at your calories over the course of a week. Make sure that you are "swapping" healthier choices for the fun stuff. If you want to have a sundae then make sure you have a very healthy meal before that where you eat lots of lean stuff. Your calories are precious but so is your life so if its a day of lots of bad choices because you are out of town or there is a special event forgive yourself for that and just make healthier choices for the rest of the week. I've seen it here and its true - You didn't gain it in a day and you won't lose it in a day either. If you are plateauing then try mixing up your activities. That's what did it for me. Around 10lbs I couldn't lose any more for a month and then I exchanged in a day of pilates and suddenly I was back to my half a pound a week. Another thing that helped me naturally is that I drink half my body weight in water every day. It makes me more full and also inadvertently helped me give up sodas except when I really want one not just when I'm thirsty. Good luck!

Honestly, I eat whatever the heck I want, as long as I keep within my calorie limits. some things are considered "healthy" foods and some are not. Portion control is just another way of calorie counting, which is one of the things this site is used for.

For me personally, I am not full enough with only small portions of rich foods. Try the 1/2 plate rule. Fill 1/2 your plate with veggies and salad and then other have can be a smaller portion of what your mom makes. It is easy to buy some frozen veggies and bagged salad to supplement your meal and make sure you are getting enough nutrition. I also sometimes make a big pot of low cal soup early in the week (mostly just veggies) and have a big bowl of that before a meal.