Portion Control

Portion Control

A few things we're going to view on this page is:

-When Portion Control Should be Used

-Why Portion Control is Important

-What Portion Control Looks like

When Portion Control Should Be Used

Food it's all around you!

When you go home to visit family for the Holidays, your mother cooks a giant meal for everyone.

Your home with your Husband and you have the house for yourselves tonight. You both head to the filled fridge with fresh groceries in it and find the perfect dinner, it's the dinner you have always wanted but knew the kids would eat it before you had a chance.

Your family went out to the best restaurant in town tonight, and each of your family members get their own plate. Each Plate catered to each desire.

Why Portion Control Is Important

Each individual has a certain amount of calories they should limit the intake of each day. These calories range from person to person depending on weight, height, male or female, and body build. If you want to know how many calories you should consume talk to your health care professional.

Portion Control helps limit the amount of calories that enter your body. The less you eat, the less calories enter your body, and the more you eat, the more calories enter your body.Portion Control can help stop Calorie Overload. Too many calories may lead to weight-gain, sluggishness, and difference in moods.

What Portion Control Looks Like

3oz. Cooked Chicken, fish or meat (4oz. Raw): 

Deck of Cards or Size of Palm minus fingers

1 Cup Cooked Rice, Pasta, or Ice Cream: Tennis Ball 

1oz. Cheese: 4 Dice or 1 Domino

Medium Piece of Fruit or Vegetables: Size of Fist 

1 tsp. Butter or Margarine: 1 Dice

1 Small Potato: A Computer Mouse

Snack such as Chips or Pretzels: Cupped handful

Bagel: Size of Hockey Puck

Pancake: Size of CD

Steamed Rice: Size of Cupcake wrapper

At Home: 

-Use a small plate or cup to eat out of

-Don't eat out of bags or cartons

-Don't go back for seconds

-Put leftovers in separate, portion-controlled amounts. 

-Freeze what you won't eat for a while

At Restaurants: 

-Ask for half portions

-Utilize the portion size listed above

-Set leftovers into a to-go bag so you'll have two portioned meals left

-If you have dessert, share

At the Supermarket:

-Choose foods packaged in individual servings sizes

-If you like eating ice cream out of the carton pick up ice cream sandwiches or other individual-size servings

-If sampling, keep track of sizes given and how many consumed