i have always needed huge portions as im a bulk eater - i cant diet if i feel hungry too often. What i do is make sure the majority of my lunch and dinner is veggies so i feel less guilty about eating so much.
Tonight i will be eating a kilos worth of chunky chicken and veg soup but it only comes to 470 calories so it is WELL within my allowance but i know it will fill me completely.
Perhaps you need to play about with the balance of your food groups to see what makes you feel fuller. i KNOW i need bulk.
Good luck achieving your goals. You can do anything you want!
I would say for the past few months I've been practising portion control as well. I just make sure the plate looks "normal" sized with equal portions of carbs and protein and then load up the veges and have a fruit sometimes too.
I cannot for some reason bring myself to count calories no matter how hard i try sigh! But as I've reached a plateau for sometime now so i'm thinking i might have to start doing so soon.
I kinda do what cherrygarcia does. I eat half a plate of veggies, 1/4 plate or less of carbs, and a protein. I tend to eat more protein than carbs, because it seems to satisfy me better. I am also weighing and measuring most of my food right now, because I had no idea what a healthy and normal portion size looked like. I am not technically counting calories, but I write down everything I eat and at the end of the day, I count the calories just so I can see where I am at. Some days I am really surprised to see how much or how little I have eaten...kind of interesting to do if you are bored lol. Best of luck to you!
I am not so much focused on portion control, as I'm still big so losing weight is easier, but I am trying not to eat to excess. I try to eat what seems like a 'normal' amount and wait to see if I'm hungry.
My big problem is that on processed snack foods and other junk food especially, I seem to think that whatever the package is, it's single serving size. 6+ ounce bag of potato chips? Serving size one. Dozen cookies from the bakery at the grocery store? Serving size one. Pizza delivery? Serving size one.
Portion Control
