What are your portion control tips?
OH Magazine would love to hear from you!
What are your personal tips for controlling meal portion sizes at home, in the workplace or when eating out?
Feel free to post your tips here or email them to me directly! Your tips may be included in OH Magazine!
I look forward to hearing from you!
All my best,
Tammy Colter
Editor-In-Chief
OH Magazine
As for eating out: When I get my food - I always ask for a to-go container - then I take off of the plate what I don't need to consume for that meal...............
another tip: USE SMALL PLATES..............3" or 2".................plates at home............
saucers of sorts - Make them colorful - special just for "you" !!
- Pease check out Dr. Connie Stapleton's Website. A lot of good information on there for all WLS patients regardless of the surgery you chose. Good luck to all and I'm here for you if you want to send me an email. I'll answer it as soon as possible.
- Total Lost: 139 lbs
- Current Weight: 263
- As of 11-10-13 I have had weight gain. Not happy about that.
- RNY: 10-16-07 = 338: Highest weight: 350+ Lowest Weight: 199
Having pretty dishes is also a treat. To keep from getting bored with the same colors and patterns all the time I buy my dinnerware at antique stores. You can find lots of single teacups and saucers versus whole complete sets and the designs and patterns are just beautiful.
My new G.O.A.L. ~~~~ Get Out And Live!
Includes 61lbs lost before surgery
Laina B.
250 / 160
9/9/03 Lap RNY
(Dr Charles Beall, Tyler TX - AWESOME!!!)
5/13/11 Cholecystectomy, extended abdominoplasty (anchor cut), and mastopexy
(Dr Charles Beall and Dr James Saar, Tyler TX - AWESOME!!!)
8/26/11 Abdominoplasty revision
(Dr James Saar, Tyler TX - AWESOME!!!)
I put however much I want on my plate then take 1/2 of it back off and leave it in the kitchen. That way I can eat it later if I'm still hungry. I use salad plates for my meals and condiment cups for my snacks.
I always pack extra snacks for work so I have a variety of different things available.
I have a "snack basket" at home that's filled with acceptable snacks. I always portion mine in snack size ziplocs so I can just grab something from my basket on the way out the door.
I also pack 1/2 of my dining out meal in a "to go" container as soon as the meal arrives.
~Stephanie~
RNY revision from lapband 7/30/07...TT/BL 10/9/08 and at GOAL
