Lesson 6: (Serving) Size Matters
If you’re fat like me, chances are you don’t know what an actual service size of anything looks like. You probably eat your cereal out of a soup bowl and fill it up to the rim just like I used to do, and then top it off with as much milk will fit. Did you know that that one bowl is most likely two servings of cereal, and two or three servings of milk? For even the lowest calories cereal and milk that amounts to 500 calories!
Serving size matters, especially if you want to lose the weight and keep it off for good. Your homework this week is to purchase a set of measuring cups/spoons and a food scale, and then use them for every meal. Also, it’s not enough to read the side of the box for the number of calories if you don’t pay attention to the serving size, or the number of servings per package. Did you know that some candy bar manufactures list one candy bar as two servings? Well, they do. And they do this so that the people who pay attention to calories and completely skip over the serving size will be fooled into thinking they’re not eating too many calories.
So, time to start really paying attention to what you’re putting into your mouth. I know that counting calories and measuring everything is a lot of work… I’ve been there. But you don’t need to do it forever. You only need to do it long enough to get familiar enough with what serving sizes should look like to eyeball them without the measuring cups and scale. Once you are comfortable enough with serving sized you can try to eyeball things without measuring, and if you discover that you have stopped losing weight, you can go back to measuring to make sure you haven’t forgotten what serving sizes look like.
You’ll need measuring cups and spoons for things like milk, cereal, butter, sugar, vegetables, cheese, pasta etc, and you’ll need the food scale for fish, beef, poultry, and some vegetables etc. So, go to the store today or tomorrow, and get yourself the tools you need to lose the weight. Don’t procrastinate… each day you procrastinate is a day you are missing out on being thin.
Serving size matters, especially if you want to lose the weight and keep it off for good. Your homework this week is to purchase a set of measuring cups/spoons and a food scale, and then use them for every meal. Also, it’s not enough to read the side of the box for the number of calories if you don’t pay attention to the serving size, or the number of servings per package. Did you know that some candy bar manufactures list one candy bar as two servings? Well, they do. And they do this so that the people who pay attention to calories and completely skip over the serving size will be fooled into thinking they’re not eating too many calories.
So, time to start really paying attention to what you’re putting into your mouth. I know that counting calories and measuring everything is a lot of work… I’ve been there. But you don’t need to do it forever. You only need to do it long enough to get familiar enough with what serving sizes should look like to eyeball them without the measuring cups and scale. Once you are comfortable enough with serving sized you can try to eyeball things without measuring, and if you discover that you have stopped losing weight, you can go back to measuring to make sure you haven’t forgotten what serving sizes look like.
You’ll need measuring cups and spoons for things like milk, cereal, butter, sugar, vegetables, cheese, pasta etc, and you’ll need the food scale for fish, beef, poultry, and some vegetables etc. So, go to the store today or tomorrow, and get yourself the tools you need to lose the weight. Don’t procrastinate… each day you procrastinate is a day you are missing out on being thin.
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