With meals being supersized and plates getting bigger, it’s easy to overindulge at every meal.
To beat ‘the bulge and keep healthy’ check out these portion control tricks that can easily be part of your daily routine.
- Eat at home more often.
- Choose a smaller plate.
- Avoid bowls unless eating very liquidy dishes. The deep bowl trends are dangerous as you don’t really know what volume you are eating.
- Always eat off a white plate – coloured plates make you feel you have eaten less.
- Allow children to choose their portion sizes – guide them if they choose too much.
- Fill half your plate with vegetables and fruit.
- Eat slowly.
- Use portion control equipment to help measure sizes e.g. rice scoops.
- Visualize portion control sizes using your hand and fist as measurements.
- Be realistic about your calorie requirements and keep thinking how many hours running you would need to burn off excess calories.
