Weighing your food before it enters your mouth is time-consuming and stressful. Besides, you cannot just take out your food scale in public to monitor your calorie intake. Here are some practical tips to somehow manage the amount of food you can tolerate.
1. If you cannot eliminate rice from your daily consumption, limit your serving to the size of your clenched fist. This is equivalent to 1 cup so if you want to lose weight, use a 1/2 cup measuring utensil. As time goes by, your eyes will be used to what 1/2 cup of rice looks like. It is approximately the size of a tennis ball.
2. If you prefer pasta over rice, 1 serving equals 1 cup so it is also equivalent to your clenched fist.
3. 1 slice of bread equals 1 serving so if you are eating a sandwich, you are eating 2 servings of bread.
4. A 3-ounce serving of beef, pork, poultry and fish is approximately the size of your palm.
5. Now this is exciting: You need at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily. 1 serving of vegetables equals 1 cup.
6. How many eggs should you consume in a day? Some say 1 egg is enough but others think you can have 2 a day. In one of Dr Willie Ong’s YouTube presentation, he commented that if you eat 2 eggs today, you should not eat any egg tomorrow.
7. A serving of butter is roughly the size of a domino.
8. You may take cheese equal to 3-4 size of dice or 1 matchbox.
9. Eating 1 slice of pizza is challenging. So when I eat 2 slices during snack time, I don’t eat dinner anymore.
10. If and when I am about to indulge in Unlimited Buffet Lunch (which happen a lot nowadays), I resolve to fast the day before and the day after.
