Fitness, Health and Wellness Musings, Tips and the occasional rant'n'rave about finding your excellence from an Athens 2004 Olympian.

Friday, January 02, 2009

Simple Portion Control


Yep, I'm sure you've heard this one before. Reduce the size of your meal portions if you're looking to reduce your waist line.

So: how do you control those portion sizes?

As an athlete, I was always told that about 1/2 my plate should be filled with carbohydrates like pasta and or rice; that the lean meat/ protein portion should fit into the palm of my hand; and that the remainder of the plate should be filled with plenty of colourful vegies. It was a guide designed to create a fairly consistent 60% Carbohydrate/ 20% Protein / 20% Fat macro-nutrient balance for active people. While I have my own thoughts and theories on the 55-60 CHO/20-25 Pro/15-20 Fats 'balance' ratio, it's a whole other topic and I'll stick to the topic at hand for now.. Meal size and portion control.

The guide was a fairly good one for it's purpose, but it failed to recognise that the size of your plate would dictate how much food, and therefore how much energy, you took on board at each sitting.

Controlling food portion sizes can be tough and doing it "by eye" isn't the answer as our views of what we need are distorted, BUT this device just might be the answer. The Meal Measure frames your plate and portion sizes conveniently for you, to show you how you should be eating. We think it's one of the better uses of plastic this world has seen in recent history. Buy the Meal Measure Now

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