Portion Control
I am awful with portion control. I don’t know how someone could have leftover food on their plate and not think about. If I get totally full and I see that there is still some leftover food on my plate, I have to give it away. I have to see someone eat it. I really can’t stand seeing food go to waste. This is not even taking note of how much I most likely have eaten at that point in efforts to clean my plate. If I was trying to eat a smaller, more normal portion, I would be terrible at it. I don’t know how to be consistent with a portion. So, how do I do it? I literally weigh and measure my food. That way - I know that I am getting what I need in my diet. I know I am not under or over feeding myself. I am giving myself what has been prescribed as healthiest for me. Without a food scale, I don’t know what is too much and what is too little. If anything, I usually go to the extremes. If I feel fat (and I do have my days no matter what I weigh), I eat too little. But in all honesty, I am more likely to eat too much. I love food and love denial. I can deny myself into eating a huge slab of meat that is probably enough to feed four or more people. I can down food like it is water. My internal food scale is broken. I don’t know how people can eye out their portions. To me, that is a foreign concept.
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