Get Your Body Healthy

Have you ever been to a buffet where you can load up on all sorts of tasty food. It is fun to endulge once in awhile, but when you look around and see most of the other diners are overweight, it may be time to think about portion control.

I am overweight because I eat too much. T ‘ain’t my metabolism or my sluggish thyroid. The nasty fat fairy didn’t cast a spell on me while I slept. Pure and simple, I eat too much. The great power of recognizing my responsibility in a problem is the realization that I have the power to change or fix it.

I didn’t create the oversized portions so it isn’t my fault, but it is my problem.

When it comes to food…. Size Matters!

The size of dinner plates are larger than they were a few decades ago. One good tip is to use a salad plate instead.

Cafe portions are huge these days. Consider eating off of the child’s menu or splitting dinner with a friend. One other tips that works is to split a meal into a to-go box before eating it. Then you can take half home for lunch the next day.

Make sure you know how large a portion should be.

You should be able to close your hand around a small baked potato.

Pancakes should be about the size of the ones that come inside the toaster pancake boxes, and not the size of a dinner plate.

Medium sized bagels should be hockey puck sized.

Small muffins should be about the size of a baseball.

An ounce of cheese is not very large, but that is a serving.

3 oz of meat (one serving size) is about the size of a deck of cards.

A rice serving usually refers to about half of a cereal bowl.

A vegetable of fruit serving should be the size of a baseball.

No one diet plan seems to work for everybody. Some dieters have lost weight with high fiber diets, while high protein and low carbs work for others. Almost everybody benefits from adding more high water content food like soup, salad, and fruit.

Make positive choices. It may not be how much food you eat, but what sort of choices you make. Try to cut back on processed foods, and include more fresh food.

You can try to eat healthier, and then you will probably feel better and happier.

Life just doesn’t have to be that complicated

Portion Distortion – You could be eating too much without knowing it . You can lose weight with some fast weight loss hints!

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