Shed 5 Pounds In 7 Days Using These Effective Portion Control Strategiesby Makayla Soransen
Submitted 2011-02-07 17:20:36
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Because losing weight comes down to calories in versus calories out, manipulating the quantity of food you eat is crucial to losing weight.
By simply managing the amount of fats you eat by means of portion management you can efficiently slim down yet still consume a lot of the foods you love!
Smaller Dinnerware
You could minimize the amount of food you eat simply by moving over to smaller plates. Replacing your 12 inch plate to a ten inch plate could lead to 22% less calories being served research has shown. It also applies to drinking glasses and bowls.
Take Half To Go
Many restaurant dishes consist of upwards of 1000 calories or more! Reduce that level in half by having a to-go box and taking half home to consume the next day.
Increase The Servings Of This
You wouldn't think that by consuming more of particular foods would actually lower the amount of overall food you consume, yet that's precisely what having water-rich foods like brothy soups, salads and vegetables do. Try having these at the beginning of your meal so that you can seem full just before moving onto the more caloric dense primary dish.
Portion Out Trigger Foods
Portion out the meals you are possibly to overindulge on, also known as trigger-foods, into smaller bags. This way once your next snack attack occurs you won't get a huge bag of chips out of your pantry and consume the entire thing in one sitting as you're very likely to just consume what's inside the smaller plastic bag. Another alternative is to just hold one trigger food around at any given time.
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