Approximating Portions

"Julian9EHP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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As you can tell from my posts about the virtues of
oatmeal, I'm on a diet. I've lost 13 pounds since I've
started. I'd like to keep losing, and keep

it

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off.

I still make my portions too big: so says my Beloved
Friend. I believe

that

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this ties in with the math difficulties which have plagued
me since

childhood.

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Is there a website which discusses food portions in visual
estimations,

rather

Quoted message said:

than with the cups, pounds, or liters that are usual to
the discussion?

Or can

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you all give any help?

Thanks.

E. P.

Usually the size of your palm, is the size you should be
eating, So if you are eating steak and veggies both serves
should be no bigger then the size of your palm.

Or another way is to divide your plate into 4 sections
making sure you only have one of each main food group in it,
eg one section fruits/veggies, one section dairy, one
section meat/protein and one section grains. Once again
making sure no bigger then your palm.

And if you use a smaller plate you will eat less.

These and other dieters stories, ideas, were taken from
ifnotdieting.com.auifnotdieting.com.auOpen ↗ That was a while ago so I
dont know if the website has changed much since then. But I
have found it of great use.

Hope this helps,

Nic

Julian9EHP said:

As you can tell from my posts about the virtues of
oatmeal, I'm on a diet. I've lost 13 pounds since I've
started. I'd like to keep losing, and keep it off.

I still make my portions too big: so says my Beloved
Friend. I believe that this ties in with the math
difficulties which have plagued me since childhood.

Is there a website which discusses food portions in
visual estimations, rather than with the cups, pounds, or
liters that are usual to the discussion? Or can you all
give any help?

Thanks.

E. P.

The advice I've seen quoted most often is to use smaller
plates and bowls. Don't heap them full either or the point
is lost. Might try one of those cheap plastic kitchen
spoons. The ones we have hold about three tablespoons
level. Serve yourself one spoonful of each item you plan to
eat as a serving. Also eat as slowly as you can to give
your brain time to work out if it needs more food or not.
It takes time for the rise in blood sugar to make it to the
control centres.

Congratulations on original success and best wishes for
continued success!

A cup can be a visual estimation. Take out a measuring cup,
fill it with oatmeal, pour it on a plate and have a look. Do
the same with raisins or almost anything in your kitchen.
You'll get an idea for what a cup looks like. Do the same
with other measures. For the weight measures, I have the
best luck with weighing the portion out a few times and
then, like the above, having a look at it until I can guess
pretty accurately. Fill a measuring cup with water and pour
it into the mugs or glasses you like to drink from. Make a
note of how much they hold. It won't take long before you're
doing it automatically.

As for your Beloved Friend, be careful. The most successful
diets are the ones where you cut down the calories a bit and
don't get terribly hungry. (That and combine the diet with
exercise. Successful diets include sensible exercise.) If
you're satisfied with how much you're losing with the
current portion size, and if that portion size is making you
comfortably full at each meal without feeling stuffed, that
portion size is working best for you. I wouldn't mess with
success. Hunger is good an hour before a meal and at no
other time.

--Lia

Julian9EHP said:

As you can tell from my posts about the virtues of
oatmeal, I'm on a diet. I've lost 13 pounds since I've
started. I'd like to keep losing, and keep it off.

I still make my portions too big: so says my Beloved
Friend. I believe that this ties in with the math
difficulties which have plagued me since childhood.

Is there a website which discusses food portions in
visual estimations, rather than with the cups, pounds, or
liters that are usual to the discussion? Or can you all
give any help?

(Julian9EHP) said:

Is there a website which discusses food portions in
visual estimations, rather than with the cups, pounds, or
liters that are usual to the discussion? Or can you all
give any help?

There are many. Here are 2.

health.discovery.comportOpen ↗
ioncontrol.html

cchs.nethealthOpen ↗
info/docs/2400/2433.asp?index=9466

Julian9EHP had something important to tell us on 14 Jun 2004 09:20:04
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Quoted message said:

As you can tell from my posts about the virtues of oatmeal,
I'm on a diet. I've lost 13 pounds since I've started. I'd
like to keep losing, and keep it off.

I still make my portions too big: so says my Beloved
Friend. I believe that this ties in with the math
difficulties which have plagued me since childhood.

Is there a website which discusses food portions in
visual estimations, rather than with the cups, pounds, or
liters that are usual to the discussion? Or can you all
give any help?

If you've lost weight, obviously you've dropped your food
intake, so if I was you I wouldn't worry about portion sizes
- you must be doing something right already or you wouldn't
have lost the 13 pounds! Remember that slow and steady wins
the race...

--
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Made as of 4 June 2004 - 83 cards, 45 SB pages (plus 3 small
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Visit my webpage: kajikitscorner.comkajikitscorner.comOpen ↗ Allergyfree
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Julian9EHP said:

As you can tell from my posts about the virtues of
oatmeal, I'm on a diet. I've lost 13 pounds since I've
started. I'd like to keep losing, and keep it off.

I still make my portions too big: so says my Beloved
Friend. I believe that this ties in with the math
difficulties which have plagued me since childhood.

Is there a website which discusses food portions in
visual estimations, rather than with the cups, pounds, or
liters that are usual to the discussion? Or can you all
give any help?

Thanks.

E. P.

Here are a few websites that might be useful:

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my.webmd.com2731 1661.htmOpen ↗ http:/-
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,WSIHW000|~b,*|
onthetable.netpackage portions.htmlOpen ↗

--
jmk in NC

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Julian9EHP said:

As you can tell from my posts about the virtues of
oatmeal, I'm on a diet. I've lost 13 pounds since I've
started. I'd like to keep losing, and keep

it

Quoted message said:

off.

I still make my portions too big: so says my Beloved
Friend. I believe

that

Quoted message said:

this ties in with the math difficulties which have
plagued me since

childhood.

Quoted message said:

Is there a website which discusses food portions in
visual estimations,

rather

Quoted message said:

than with the cups, pounds, or liters that are usual to
the discussion? Or

can

Quoted message said:

you all give any help?

Not much math involved in using a calorie counter book, a
measuring cup, and a kitchen scale... all's yoose gotta do
is know to read with comprehension.

You may want to invest in a few sets of inexpensive
measuring spoons (ie. never pour salad dressing onto food
directly from the bottle)... and get yourself a graduated
set of stainless steel professional cook's ladles (1oz, 2oz,
4oz are handy, even if not dieting), and various size
mechanical release food scoops
(ie. graduated ice cream scoops). With these simple
implements you can employ the very same portion control
methods used by cafeterias/commissaries

Refrain from using serving spoons, especially for foods like
mashed potatoes.

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Julia Altshuler

A cup can be a visual estimation. Take out a measuring cup,
fill it with oatmeal, pour it on a plate and have a look.

Oatmeal... hay, she's not a friggin' horse.

People dieting should not estimate (that's how thay got that
way). They should actually measure everything... especially
as in this present case where the OP readily admits to
having difficulty estimating (THAT'S WHY SHE MADE THIS POST
- DUH). Most folks who tend towards over eating estimate in
favor of excessive portions anyway, which is how most became
over weight.

At minimum, get a simple kitchen scale, and measure
*everything*, *always*. Didja ever watch over weight folks
estimate ice cream... no different from an alcoholic fixing
their own drink... need I say more.

Hint: when dieting, as much as possible use inexpensive
disposable plates/cups... for lots of reasons, one being
that light weight paper permits one to actually feel the
full heft of the food. Paper also sucks up extraneous fat.
Pretty dinnerware induces larger appetites. Eat with
teaspoons and dessert forks only; encourages eating more
slowly plus food will appear to be larger. People eat mostly
with their eyes.

I eat ice cream with a demitasse spoon... takes a looong
time savoring that pint.

---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move
UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
*********
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without
tribulation." Sheldon ````````````

Thank you for all the help, and for all your good wishes.

This is a flotilla of information! Thanks!

E. P.

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Julian9EHP said:

As you can tell from my posts about the virtues of
oatmeal, I'm on a diet. I've lost 13 pounds since I've
started. I'd like to keep losing, and keep

it

Quoted message said:

off.

I still make my portions too big: so says my Beloved
Friend. I believe

that

Quoted message said:

this ties in with the math difficulties which have
plagued me since

childhood.

Quoted message said:

Is there a website which discusses food portions in
visual estimations,

rather

Quoted message said:

than with the cups, pounds, or liters that are usual to
the discussion? Or

can

Quoted message said:

you all give any help?

Not much math involved in using a calorie counter book, a
measuring cup, and a kitchen scale... all's yoose gotta do
is know to read with comprehension.

You may want to invest in a few sets of inexpensive
measuring spoons
(ie. never pour salad dressing onto food directly from the
bottle)... and get yourself a graduated set of
stainless steel professional cook's ladles (1oz, 2oz,
4oz are handy, even if not dieting), and various size
mechanical release food scoops (ie. graduated ice
cream scoops). With these simple implements you can
employ the very same portion control methods used by
cafeterias/commissaries

Refrain from using serving spoons, especially for foods
like mashed potatoes.

Yeah but I'm a lazy cook. I don't like to measure 😉

Michael
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Deathbed statement...

"Codeine . . . bourbon." ~~Tallulah Bankhead, actress, d.
December 12, 1968