Portion sizes are typically ridiculously small. I don’t know how they come up with them! Who is going to eat half a cup of ice cream? Junk food has by far the tiniest portions for the calories so yet another reason to just avoid it. Sometimes though you really want to eat some chips or candy and even certain healthy food can really add up if you’re not mindful of the portion sizes. Here are a couple really easy tips & tricks I use everyday to keep my portions in check.
*Use a very small bowl or mug to eat out of. If you use a mini bowl you will be pretty close to a serving size for most things such as cereal, trail mix, pretzels, frozen yogurt, pistachios. Also you will be forced to go re-fill the bowl if you want more so you will visually realize you had 2 or 3 mini bowls of whatever you’re eating which can be much more helpful than eating out of a regular plate or large bowl. Also it looks much more full so it tricks your mind into thinking you’re eating more than you are.
*My second tip is to eat nuts in the shell. I will admit I struggle with not overeating nuts lol. I totally love any & all kinds of nuts! If I buy them in the shell it slows me way down & I also can see all the shells as a reminder of how many nuts I actually consumed. That really helps me personally to curb my portions.
Hopefully these tips help you too 😉
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