Sad Servings...
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just ice cream0
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I had been hugely overestimating PB and cheese. And coffee creamer. So I am actually eating more now, than I thought was acceptable
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Gummi Bears - 15 little bears is a serving.
Those little fruit snack pouches - about 80 calories for about 5 pieces. Crazy.
Any kind of chip - an ounce is so sad.
A serving of Chex mix fits in the palm of your hand and I have a little hand!
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Cereal. I finally started using a food scale and I was so disappointed
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GillianSmith2 wrote: »Ive got a smaller plate so my dinners don't look as small as they are. It works for me
I restored a dollhouse for my niece; maybe if I eat my meals there I'll feel like a have serious portions,,,
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GillianSmith2 wrote: »Ive got a smaller plate so my dinners don't look as small as they are. It works for me
I restored a dollhouse for my niece; maybe if I eat my meals there I'll feel like a have serious portions,,,
Bahaha!! That's gold!! 0 -
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Wine0
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superhockeymom wrote: »Wine
Oh gosh I forgot the wine!!! That was a really rough reality check for sure!
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Hands down- Muffins, banana breads, croissants- anything in Starbucks pastry area.0
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I love cashews, and one serving is 28g/150 cal...it's such a minuscule amount after I weigh it out, not even a handful lol.0
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MorganMoreaux wrote: »I love cashews, and one serving is 28g/150 cal...it's such a minuscule amount after I weigh it out, not even a handful lol.
Yes, my husband keeps a jar of them in his truck and I always put them in the back so I'm not tempted. There is no way I can eyeball a serving of them. I love them too.
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Peanut butter, chocolate, cake/brownies0
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Nuts. I love nuts, but it takes way too many to be satisfying. Still eat then, just far less often.0
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Mac n' cheese. Seriously, THAT'S a serving? Even a serving and a half is small.0
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Craft beers! You drink two or three and it can be more than half of your day's calories. I also have to mix my morning coffee with a measuring tablespoon just so I can keep using my beloved half-and-half.0
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What is happening here is because the government is getting tougher on food labelling and there is a star health system coming in for food per serve, the manufacturers are decreasing the size of a serve on the nutritional panel so that they can get a better rating because it then takes up a lessor portion of your recommended daily cals/fat/sugar allotment. So some things that were sold as a single serve, are the same size but now are two serves or sometimes 1.5 which is a dumb number. They haven't made any attempt to make it obvious that that is what they have done so it tricks some people. And can also be depressing...0
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knelson095 wrote: »GillianSmith2 wrote: »Ive got a smaller plate so my dinners don't look as small as they are. It works for me
You know, I was thinking I needed some little prep bowls for snacks.
Get toddler bowls. Seriously, I got little plates/bowls for my son at IKEA and dang if they aren't perfect for making a single serving look decadent!
Plus I get to eat out of a bright pink bowl. Win/win!0 -
umm EVERYTHING "good" its no wonder I was 100lbs over weight, I was eating at least 3 portions of everything0
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When_Bears_Attack wrote: »Craft beers! You drink two or three and it can be more than half of your day's calories. I also have to mix my morning coffee with a measuring tablespoon just so I can keep using my beloved half-and-half.
Oh that's so true when 2 drafts is more then lunch. But there is some nutrition right?0 -
The things I probably miss most is peanut butter and macaroni and cheese. I will have them on rare occasions (maybe one of them every 6 weeks or so), but I usually can't justify the calories.0
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Nuts and pasta.0
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Potato chips! Pretty much one handful.0
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superhockeymom wrote: »Wine
You beat me to it. I learned that when I did Weight Watchers back in the 90s. I used to garden with a "glass" or two of wine after work.
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Peanut butter and chocolate... my two favourite things sigh lol0
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knelson095 wrote: »So, I just weighed out a serving of Reese's Pieces...and checked the numbers three times because the serving is SO SMALL.
Like, so small you guys. 200 calories and it's basically a handful.
What's the most surprising/sad portion size you have discovered while trying to lose weight?
Also, I ate that portion anyway...I regret nothing.
Never regret eating a serving of something sooooo delicious!
That said, everything because my servings prior to weight management were very big. Now, they are very small, but somehow it all seems to come out to just enough. I certainly enjoy food more now.0 -
knelson095 wrote: »Cereal really got me! I discovered I was eating 2 or 3 times the actual portion size - and that a lot of them have more sugar than you think! (Not that I'm particularly watching my sugar, was just something I'd not realised.)
Ditto on the cereal. I'm now using a tiny cereal dish as a cereal portion barely covers the bottom of my old cereal dish.
I actually had a dream the other night I was eating honey bunches of oats out of a mixing bowl. It was full.
Hahaha I used to frequently have dreams about eating big bowls of cereal, or grocery shopping for all the delicious cereals! I wonder if it has anything to do with my mom restricting cereals and never allowing us to have the "sugar cereals". Plain Cheerios or wheat puffs only growing up. Probably the only thing my mom made sure was restricted!0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »superhockeymom wrote: »Wine
You beat me to it. I learned that when I did Weight Watchers back in the 90s. I used to garden with a "glass" or two of wine after work.
You're my hero.0 -
Bread and cereal for me. Recommended serving sizes for delicious cereals like granola are tiny. An opposite example is porridge. My typical breakfast over the last couple of weeks has been porridge - 60g of oats and about 330g of water make a huge bowlful, and are very filling, especially with a bit of protein added. If I eyeballed a similar VOLUME of granola, I'd easily consume three or four times the amount of calories.0
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