Looking for tips. This is my big problem. I don't want one of something; I want six or seven.
I am going away for a few days next week. The last thing I should do is think about food, but I find myself looking at online menus. There is a well-known pastry shop there. I looked at the menu, and there are three things I want: a cinnamon roll, a raisin snail, and a bear claw. A normal person would choose one and be content (actually, a normal person wouldn't be staring at online restaurant menus all day, but Tate's a different issue). I am thinking about how I would like to order all three. Better yet, get half a dozen and eat them in my hotel room after dinner.
I would love to be normal and practice portion control: a small breakfast in the morning, maybe pick up a sandwich so I can have a picnic lunch while I'm hiking, then one dinner. But no! I'm thinking about getting a pastry AND a couple of bagels from my old favorite bagel place for a picnic, then maybe a take-out breakfast so I have something on the way to the trails, and finish off the day with a pizza: grab a medium with everything, including extra cheese, then just eating it in my car in front of the ocean. And then maybe having dessert at the hotel
How do you practice portion control? How can I get my mind wrapped around the idea that one portion: one bagel, one breakfast, one piece of chicken, etc, is enough?