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1 Must-Have Products to Keep Portions Under Control
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2 What Does a Serving Size Look Like?
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3 Everything You Wanted to Know About Portion Control
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4 An Easy Guide to 100-Calorie Portions
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5 Sometimes Smaller Is Better
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6 Diet Tip: Eat Blindfolded
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7 Healthy Eating Tip: Use Measuring Cups Every Time
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8 Smarter Eats: Use Smaller Plates and Grab It to Go
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9 Size Up Your Spaghetti
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10 The Diet Plate: Cool or Not?
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11 5 Ways to Get Portions Under Control
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12 Smarter Eats: Eat Snacks Off a Plate, Not From a Package
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13 Diet Tip: Good Things Don't Always Come in Small Packages
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14 Portion Control: It's All in Your Hands
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15 Trying to Lose Weight? Tips for Eating Out
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16 Portion Control Quiz
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17 Wedges: Not a Dieter's Friend
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18 Diet Tricks for the Non-Dieter
Whether you're trying to lose those last stubborn pounds for bikini season or you want to maintain your current weight, keeping a close eye on portion sizes is critical. You could always eyeball amounts, but let's face it, our eyes tend to be bigger than what our stomachs should be eating. Keep yourself honest and prevent overeating with these portion-control products. Read more
When it comes to maintaining a healthy weight, there is so much talk about portion size. Since we're living in the age of Super Size Me, bottomless this, and all-you-can-eat that, we've really lost sight of what an actual serving size is. Keep on reading to see a chart showing what a serving size of most foods looks like. Read more
You may be cautious about what you eat, but how well do you pay attention to the amount of food you are consuming? Portion sizes have steadily increased over the last 50 years, which is why it's important to be mindful of the quantity of food you're eating. Eating healthy, balanced portions is not only essential for losing weight, but for keeping it off as well. Here are some quick and easy Read more
With all the large servings of food around, it's important to control your portions. Mindless eating can be controlled with little tricks, like not eating out of the container and using smaller plates to make them look fuller. It's one thing to see what you're eating, but knowing what's in it is important as well. An easy way to keep portions in check is to be able to estimate how many calories Read more
If you're a fast food frequenter, you've probably heard the term "supersize" more than you'd care to admit. While obesity continues to grow as an epidemic, it seems the question we should be hearing is, "Would you like to minimalize that?" Since it's not given as an option at most eateries (doesn't exactly help the bottom line, right?), try posing the question to yourself before ordering your Read more
I'm in the midst of a snacking revelation. Instead of eating Ben & Jerry's ice cream straight from the container, I've been putting it in a bowl. Total game changer. I know that you're probably thinking, "Big deal, Fit. Most people eat out of bowls!" But when it comes to snacks, a lot of people do eat straight from the container. I see it every day: the mister eating chips from a bag, or Read more
While researching what diet trends emerged during the 1960s (aka the Mad Men era), I was struck with how portion size has steadily increased over the last 50 years. Almost all of the dinner plates I spotted in vintage ads, cookbooks, and commercials were the size of a modern-day appetizer or salad plate. Our grandmothers were eating off of dinner plates that were roughly two inches smaller in Read more
If weight loss is your goal for 2010, then downsizing your portions is a must. On average, we eat way too much at meal time, and often our snacks are supersized. Try these tricks to help get your portions in check the next time you sit down to eat. Source: Jupiter Images Read more
Here's a healthy eating tip from the OnSugar blog Coach Lark Says. I am continually amazed at how great I feel when I stick to eating small portions instead of stuffing myself until I'm full. Every day I can pull it off, I feel energized and light on my feet. "Small portions" generally means eating food that is roughly the size of your own fist . . . Like a half a sandwich, a half a cup of Read more
I grew up in a house where I was told to clean my plate. Not always a bad thing but it stuck with me for many years, even after serving sizes kept growing. I'm also a fast eater, something I've been working on, but I sometimes overeat before realizing I am full. A few things I've done to help kick my habits are using smaller plates and always taking food to go. After inheriting some dishware Read more
