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.

"Julian9EHP" > wrote in message
...
> 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.

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
http://www.ifnotdieting.com.au/
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 wrote:
>
> 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 wrote:
> 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 wrote:
>>
>> 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?

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
````````````

On 14 Jun 2004 09:20:04 GMT, (Julian9EHP) wrote:

>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.

http://health.discovery.com/centers/...oncontrol.html

http://www.cchs.net/health/health-in...asp?index=9466

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

Julian9EHP had something important to tell us on 14 Jun 2004 09:20:04
GMT:

>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...

--
~Karen AKA Kajikit
Lover of shiny things...

Made as of 4 June 2004 - 83 cards, 45 SB pages (plus 3 small giftbooks), 56 decos & more!

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On 6/14/2004 5:20 AM, Julian9EHP wrote:
> 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:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm...8A4F3AEF496B58
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm...7679086C93B607
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/46/2731_1661.htm
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH?t=20760&p=~br,IHW|~st,325|~r,WSIHW000|~b,*|
http://www.onthetable.net/package_portions.html

--
jmk in NC

This is a flotilla of information! Thanks!


E. P.