Portion sizing

This is a biggie
pun intended

I weigh my food on a little cheapo analog food scale

mine looks just like that one I think it might be mine
anywho it was a cheapy thing hubs picked up for me at the local hardware store

big thing here unless you have health restrictions you can basically eat ANYTHING just watch your portions
this means reading labels
this means KNOWING what a real portion looks like
I find this post that I found on Pinterest (follow me there if you wish Sue's Pinterest) to be a very helpful visual aide

 

Basically make your servings a whole hellova lot smaller than you think a real serving is 

weigh your food wanna know why? different solid foods will fit into a measuring cup differently 

I can fit a lot more shredded chicken into 1/3 of cup than I can diced chicken 

but 3ozs is 3ozs 

ALSO 

log your food 

what is that? 

write it down 

be it in a notebook 

or on a website 

My Fitness Pal is what I use I'm Sue_Stef there 

SparksPeople is another place and there are tons more

 just look for free food log in google 

HOW does this help?

It keeps you accountable to yourself 

mindless eating is a big downfall 

if you have to take the time to write it down you actually SEE how much you are putting in your mouth

if you make yourself take the time to write down everything you eat you stop yourself 

is it worth it

you start to think more about your food 

I know this sounds obsessive and in the beginning it kinda is 

I'm retraining my brain to see things differently

now I'm getting better when I go to slice some cheese for dinner Im pretty good at guessing how much is actually an ounce before I weigh it 

As I get closer to my goal I will have to be more accurate with my weighing so that is when I will get a digital scale

for now my measuring cups and Analog scale work just fine 

BTW hubs got that for me for our anniversary

December 16th marked 18 years being married to him

Love you too babe