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Do you REALLY Know How Much
You're Eating?
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It's just so easy to over
eat!
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Let's face
it - when you go out to dinner or
sit down to eat whatever meal
you're eating, it probably
doesn't occur to you to really
think about how much
you're actually eating because
you've got all the rest of your
life going on to distract you!
And more than likely, you probably
hate to "waste food" just as much
as the next person, especially
those of us in the "older"
generations. And who likes to
think about "portion control" when
you've got other things on your
mind? But fact of the matter is,
Americans are getting fatter and
one of the biggest reasons is due
to the fact that serving sizes
have gotten larger over the past
30 years. Studies show that if the
bigger the portion or serving of
food that you're given, the more
likely you are to eat it - even
though it's far more than you
really need or desire! We're
taking in an additional 300-plus
calories a day--approximately 20%
more than what we ate back in
1971, according to the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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Since the USDA started surveying serving-size
portions in the 1970s, your typical cookie size being served is now
eight times bigger today than it was in the 1970's, steaks are now
three times as large as they were 27 years ago, and any typical
restaurant serving of any pasta dish is almost six times as big now
as it was then, according to researcher Lisa Young, R.D., Ph.D.,
who is an assistant professor of nutrition and food studies at New
York University in Manhattan. And we wonder why we weigh more?!
Controlling how much you eat in each portion you eat may be the
single most effective thing you can do to promote lasting weight
loss, a new study shows. Researchers have found that overweight
people who spent the most efforts in controlling the portion size of
what they ate were more likely to lose weight and keep it off.
Although increasing planned exercise also help people shed pounds,
researchers found portion control efforts seem to offer the biggest
payoff.
"Portion control may be behaviorally easier to change than
increasing planned exercise for many obese individuals," says
researcher Everett Logue, PhD, of Summa Health System in Akron,
Ohio, in a news release.
So if you're looking to stick long-term to a healthy diet and
nutrition plan, you have to keep in mind that watching the amounts
that you eat is critical to long-term success. We didn't say it
would always be easy -but we do have some suggestions to help you
along!
Some easy
tips to remember!
1. Restaurant
Portion Sizes are bigger than ever! What to do? Split
your meals with whom you're dining with - or request a doggie bag
to take home the second half and split it out BEFORE you start to
eat!
2. Watch how much you're eating at home
too! What to do? Just because the restaurants serve you
up mega-meals doesn't mean you have to do it at home too! Yes, I
KNOW it's hard to make yourself measure food at home - but I'd be
willing to be that you'd be in shock at how little the portion
sizes are actually supposed to be if you took the time to measure
everything out for a week. Making yourself measure out though,
will increase your awareness of how much you really should eat and
make it easier to manage outside the home too.
3. Don't SUPER size it! What
to do: JUST SAY NO! Think about it this way - all the extra
supersizing you do puts on the pounds and increases your costs in
every other area - like having to buy new, bigger clothes or
visits to the doctor for health-related problems due to the extra
weight. So save your money both ways - less food bills and less
long-term costs!
4. Don't eat the WHOLE thing! What to do? If the pre-packaged food you're buying is more than a
single serving size (yes, you have to read the label), then split
it, share it, do what you have to do to NOT eat the whole thing!
Value-sized meals or Economy-sized are not necessarily your best
choice. Retrain your brain to stop and think about how much you're
really consuming - and help yourself in the process!
5. Don't just GUESS - because we tend to
underestimate it WRONG! What to do? Know how much
you're eating by weighing, measuring meals and using a
calorie-counter to really know what you're consuming. Yes, its
hard work - but if you make guesses about it - chances are you're
going to underestimate it by at least a third! Our Activator CD has loads of all
that information - ready for you to look up without having to go
to the library or search online. We've already done the hard work
for you! And you get it free with your first order of Active 8!
6. Beware of "unconscious" eating . What to do? Keep your eating restricted to sitting down at a
table to eat and not while you're watching tv, talking on the
phone or surfing the net.
7. Make it unedible or unpalatable. What to do? Make your leftover plate unavailable or unedible to
cut down the temptation of eating! Brush your teeth after eating -
who likes to eat right after they've brushed their teeth?!
8. Take your Active 8! The
formula ingredients in Active 8 have been shown to help cut down
appetite . So when you eat - you're not tempted to overeat!
So don't let
Portion Sizes Sabotage Your Diet!
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