Getting Back to Portion Control

Last month, I talked about the benefits of having and sticking with a healthy routine.  It keeps healthy behaviors non_negotiable.  You don't decide if you are going to do them that day.  It's simply what you do.

Portion control should be like that too.  But it's easy to start to become lax with your portions.  Portions in our society have become ludicrously large.  When did a 12 oz steak become a normal portion?

Right after surgery, we're very aware of portion size and eating very small amounts at a time.  But over time, our portions can begin to creep back up.  And/or we start to eat more often than we had.  And we eat things we know aren't healthy.  And our weight loss slows down or reverses.

Let's put small portion sizes of healthy, highly nutritious foods back into our routine.  Get out your food scale and your measuring cups, and begin using them routinely.  This will give you the feedback mechanism you need to get back to basics.

Remember to put protein first, then green and highly colored veggies next.  Only after you have had those and still want a little more do you add your higher starch food and only in very small portions.

Keys to maintaining your weight loss even with your surgery are:

1.  Eat a breakfast with protein.

2.  Incorporate exercise into your daily routine.

3.  Eat portion-controlled, high quality nutritious foods!

And, get the support you deserve.