Know what a serving size looks like. When factoring in how many calories a meal is, be sure to measure something you are unsure of.  For meat, a portion should be about as large as a desk of cards is.  For your fruit servings, they should be able the size of a tennis ball.  using these visualizations will help you to know just how much you can eat.

When you go out to eat, the portions are often larger than what you should be eating if you are wanting to lose weight.  When ordering, and when eating, remind yourself not to eat it all and that you can save some of it for later.  This will require self-control, but the benefits of having that self-control will be that you will be able to lose weight.

These are just a few pointers to help you to eat the right portions in order to help you to lose weight.  Like I said in the beginning, you need to eat the right kinds of food.  Having portion control with Burger King or McDonalds doesn’t help you to realize your weight lsos goals.

I’ve talked about self-control, and eating the right types of foods is just as important as eating the right amount of food (not too much and not too little.)  If you eat too little amounts of food in order to try to lose weight, your body will actually begin storing the food you eat since it doesn’t know when it’s going to get enough again, which will actually make you not lose weight, or worse, gain weight.

Stay tuned for part 2 of the portion control and weight loss series.