Monday Healthy Tip #5...

Well…better late than never right? It is still Monday, after all!

So since last week it seems like I talked a lot about portion control with take out and dining out, I thought I’d give you 2 little tips that help me out with watching my portions at home.

One: Unless it’s Thanksgiving or your serving company, try not to have any of your serving dishes spread out on the table and within arms reach. Cause ya know what happens when they’re within arms reach?? You reach for them, and that’s not good. Keep the food in pots on the stove or in the kitchen, if you’re serving in the dining room. That way, it keeps it out of sight…and we know: Out of sight, out of mind!

Another thing I try to never do is to go for a second helping of anything. I used to go to the gym straight from work, come home and pile my plate full of food (“I DID work out, after all!!”) and then I would go back for a bit more (“hey, it was a tough workout!”) And ya know what I realized one day? The amount of calories I was taking in for my “2nd helping” was about the size of a portion I would normally eat for lunch. And that’s what it took to make it click that: ‘why would I want to eat a *LARGE* dinner PLUS a LUNCH portions worth of calories??’ All that red-faced treadmill running and sweaty workout was COMPLETELY negated by that extra portion of food. I’ve been easily been able to maintain a 10-15 pound weight loss SOLEY from never going back for seconds! And no, that unfortunately does NOT mean you can pile one dish super high with food…take one *NORMAL* size plate and be done. It REALLY is enough…try it out!