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1 Know Your Nuts? What's in an Ounce
Food
2 You Asked: Fruit Serving Size?
Diet
3 Smarter Eats: Use Smaller Plates and Grab It to Go
Breakdown
4 Portion Sizes: My, How They Have Grown
Diet
5 Visual Reminder: What Portion Sizes Look Like
Weight Loss
6 5 Ways to Get Portions Under Control
Diet
7 Should I Get a Food Scale?
Food
8 What Does 300 Calories Look Like?
Food
9 Diet Tip: Order Kid-Sized Portions
Diet
10 Smarter Eats: Don't Fill Your Whole Plate
Nuts are one of the best foods you can nosh on because they're full of healthy fats, contain protein and fiber to fill you up, are cholesterol-free, and they're a great snack you can easily pack with you wherever you go. A serving size of nuts is one ounce, which is about a handful. Considering my handful and my hubby's handful look a lot different, I thought it'd be good to go over what exactly 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
Here's a question that FitSugar reader ShelleyHFan is asking in our Get Fit For 2010 group. I think that I am getting too much protein and not enough veggies, in addition to dinnertime when I'm not sure if I have too much or too little of all these things (like rice, the meat, and veggies) on my plate. I was wondering if a food scale would help me out somehow with measuring portions Read more
Obesity rates may not be getting worse in the US, but they have remained alarmingly high for the past 10 years. Though some restaurants are posting calorie counts, and weight loss reality TV shows like The Biggest Loser and One Big Happy Family are increasingly popular, Americans continue to struggle with obesity. In addition to living a more sedentary lifestyle (read desk jobs and more TV 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
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
Serving sizes have grown so much in recent years that we barely remember what an average portion is supposed to look like. When restaurants offer us tremendous amounts of food, it's difficult to put down the fork and say "done," even after you're full. Overeating can sabotage your goals of reaching or maintaining a healthy weight, so here's a visual guideline from ABC showing how big the portion Read more
I've showed you what 200 calories looks like, and I've showed you how you can burn 200 calories, but check out this video. It shows what 300 calorie meals look like. If you're watching your calories, it's great to see visuals, since 300 calories can be a lot or a small amount of food. I'm in no way saying that your meals should only be 300 calories, but it's a great starting point. You can always Read more
You're asking and I'm answering . . . "I have read before that the 'medium apple' is no longer at all the average size of apples we'll find in the store . . . what's the REAL deal with that issue? What is the size of a medium apple? A medium banana? A medium peach? And then . . . what are the calorie differences per fruit? Does size really matter there too?" -kellybel006 Wow, you have a lot of Read more
Is it me, or are portion sizes totally out of control? I try to plan on sharing my meal with someone else or taking half of it home, but if the food is in front of me, I'm more likely to nibble at it. So if you're really trying to watch your calories, here's a tip — order a kid-sized portion. I'm not talking about ordering the happy doodle mac 'n' cheese from the kids menu. Instead, talk to Read more
