Since losing weight comes down to calories in versus calories out, controlling the amount of food you eat is crucial to losing weight. By regulating the amount of calories you eat through portion control you can effectively lose weight and still enjoy a lot of the foods you love!
Smaller Dinnerware
You can minimize the amount of food you eat just by switching to smaller plates. Swapping your 12 inch plate to a 10 inch plate may result in 22% fewer calories being served studies show. This also goes for drinking glasses and bowls.
Take Half To Go
Many restaurant dishes contain an upwards of 1000 calories or more! Cut that amount in half by getting a to-go box and taking half home to eat the following day.
Increase The Portions Of This
You wouldn’t think by eating more of certain foods would actually decrease the amount of calories you consume, but that’s exactly what eating water-rich foods such as broth based soups, salads and vegetables do. Try eating these at the start of your meal to help you feel full before moving onto the more calorie dense main dish.
Portion Out Trigger Foods
Portion out the foods that you are most likely to binge on, also known as trigger foods, into smaller bags. This way when your next snack attack occurs you won’t grab a large bag of chips out of your pantry and eat the whole thing in one sitting as you’re more likely to just eat what’s in the smaller bag. Another good option is to only keep one trigger food on hand at any given time.
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