There are some other tips to help you with exhibiting portion control to help you with your weight loss goals.

One of those tips is to determine exactly what the right portion size is for your body type.  If you are an athletic man weighing around 210 pounds, then your portion size will be greatly different than a petite woman.  If you are overweight, your portion size will be different than someone who is just trying to maintain their previous weight loss.

Seconds are bad for you when trying to lose weight.  When a meal is good, I love to eat more and more and more of it, but if you are trying to lose weight, you need to have self control and not do that.  Save it for later and have that fantastic meal, in a proper portion, for lunch the next day at work.  It will be hard at first to not reach for seconds, but you need to stay strong.  having self control in this area will help you to lose weight.  Eventually, you won’t even crave seconds anymore, because you will feel full.

Another fantastic tip is to divide up anything you buy into proper servings.  Snack foods are easy to continue to eat eat and eat, without realizing how much you have eaten.  Cookies, chips, and other things are easy to munch on.  When you buy them, divide them up into smaller, proper portions, and then you can know exactly how much you are eating at one time.

If you follow these easy to remember (yet harder to execute) portion control tips, and exercise some self-control, you will begin to see some great results.  You will lose weight, look better, and feel better too!