QOTW: Measuring Portions

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Registered: 12-04-2003
QOTW: Measuring Portions
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Mon, 04-30-2007 - 10:31am

As I was making my lunch this morning and including some peanut butter I thought rather than just doling it out and estimating how much it was I would actually make sure I got exactly 2 tablespoons. Well, it turns out I may have been overestimating by quite a bit how much I'm feeding myself! LOL


So the questions for this week are:


Do you measure your serving sizes?


iVillage Member
Registered: 12-04-2003
Mon, 04-30-2007 - 10:34am

Do you measure your serving sizes?


Not enough! For a while I was much more conscious, but then slid back into my old ways of simply filling the plate. I have to get more aware of how much I'm eating!


Do you think you are generally aware of how much you are eating?


Not really. I have to get into the habit of measuring out portions so that I recognize how much a proper serving is.


Take some fun quizzes here - click on the Portion Distortion I & II to the right of the screen!


http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/portion/index.htm


How did you do?


Not very well - I was at about 50% but then I had some troubles figuring out how long it would take to burn off those calories!


iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 04-30-2007 - 5:37pm

Do you measure your serving sizes?


Have to admit a no to this one....I guesstimate ALOT of the time! However, I did downsize my dinner plate size about a year ago, and for the most part don't dive in for seconds!


Do you think you are generally aware of how much you are eating?


For the most part yea.....it's the snack attacks that I lose control with!


Take some fun quizzes here - click on the Portion Distortion I & II to the right of the screen!


http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/portion/index.htm


How did you do?


(As I'm on a borrowed computer I'm not downloading, etc.....- it's bad enough I've taken it off campus! lol)


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iVillage Member
Registered: 04-26-2005
Tue, 05-01-2007 - 2:49pm

So the questions for this week are:

Do you measure your serving sizes?
**Sometimes - depends on what it is. I always measure pasta b/c I love it and always want to cheat!! I follow WW, so I record in a journal and that makes it easier to measure and be sure of what I'm getting.

Do you think you are generally aware of how much you are eating?
**Yes. Constantly. 24/7. It's a sickness, isn't it? I enjoy food, but I'm always aware. I can't even begin to remember when I ate something and just enjoyed it w/o feeling a pang of guilt or regret, even when it's "healthy" food - it was probably when I was pregnant.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-12-2001
Tue, 05-01-2007 - 5:48pm

Do you measure your serving sizes? Yes.


Do you think you are generally aware of how much you are eating? Yes and sometimes it ain't pretty! lol


Take some fun quizzes here - click on the Portion Distortion I & II to the right of the screen!


http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/portion/index.htm


How did you do? Didn't download it since I'm on my work computer...



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iVillage Member
Registered: 05-02-2005
Tue, 05-01-2007 - 8:52pm
sometimes I measure. Depends on the food. Cereal I am pretty good at getting it right.