Jennifer Austin said:It's the "Super Sized" culture that's being shoved down our throats. More
is always better, isn't it? People go to buffets and make multiple trips to
make sure they get their money's worth. I hear it all the time when the
ladies at Curves talk about local restaurants "Such and such a place gives
you more fish in their fish fry," etc.
Two entirely different points. Super sizing is a marketing/sales
gimmick butt we as consumers match quantity with value at the buffet
table.
Quoted message said:Here's a link to an online quiz about "portion distortion."
http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/
Nice link.
Quoted message said:A part of my overall weight problem is related to portion sizes because I
like to eat massive quantities of food. I have nearly overcome that with
the HMR diet, but I'm finding I still like to eat a lot at times - so that's
when I eat a lot of spinach and mushrooms and salad with my entree, rather
than potato or beans.
??????
Quoted message said:I bring my lunch to work and sit with a few friends. For my diet, I have an
HMR entree (just a tad smaller than a Lean Cuisine) and then I have 1 cup of
cooked vegetables with it and/or a piece of fruit depending on how hungry I
am at the time (or if I ate my fruit for a mid-morning snack). I keep my
veggies in a 1 cup ziplock container. The first few times since I started
this, someone would always say "Is that *all* you're going to eat?"
I hear this all the time. I answer "yes." Usually, that ends the
conversation.
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