Bento Boxes

For years, I've had problems with portion control. From stuff that I've cooked myself to stuff that I've eaten at restaurants, I've always had a hard time keeping the food I eat in the right "serving size". While I've come a long way in the last year in terms of portion control, I'm going to try an experiment this summer.

In an attempt to get a better grip on what proper portions are, as in America they're SO distorted, I've decided to try an idea from out of the country. I'd like to try eating meals out of a bento box.
For those of you who don't know what a bento box is, it's essentially a Japanese lunch box that contains just the right amount of food for one person. They come in sizes based on whether it's for a male or female, and age range. They say that correctly packed, the milliliters of space inside the bento roughly equates to the number of calories the food inside contains.


Have any of you ever packed a bento box before? Or perhaps people with a broader understanding of nutrition can help to put into perspective the right carb-veggie-meat (or non-meat protien) ratio that these should contain.


Also-- If any one else wants to join in on this idea, let me know! From a support-network standpoint, we can all swap recipes and keep each other in check. Maybe also, from an experimental standpoint, it would help to collect data and see if this can help other people too.


Let me know what you guys think!