Portion Control in Weight Loss. What is a Portion?

All over the Internet, TV, books, magazines, etc, you are told to use portion control to loss weight.  Before you can use portion control, you need to know what a portion is.  Before you can determine what portions to eat when during your day, you need to know the daily requirement.

The USDA developed a food pyramid years ago.  I was introduced to it in elementary school when I was taught the main food groups.  While stumbling around the Internet, I found out this is actually a pictorial of the balance one should have between the food groups.

The food groups are:

  • Grains – 6 ounces a day
  • Vegetables – 2 ½ cups a day
  • Fruits – 2 cups every day
  • Milk or milk products – 3 cups a day
  • Meat/Beams   5 ½ oz every day

Through the years, the USDA has continued to refine their research.  There is a wealth of information on their site.  As well as downloads and online tools.  They break the food pyramid down to focus on children, pregnant women, and ‘normal’ people.  I found some down-loadable pdfs on their site which I have put on my new page.  Just click on the tab Food Pyramid to see them and download them.

Back to food control:  I found a handy little pdf file at the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of the Department of Health and Human Services..  The site suggests you laminate to carry it with you.  I find it to be a very handy tool. Will these tools help you?  How?  What other tools do you find helpful?

Click here download the pdf file.

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3 Responses to “Portion Control in Weight Loss. What is a Portion?”

  1. John says:

    Thank you for sharing the portion chart. We always tend to forget that our biggest enemy in many cases resides in the quantity of food we eat at each meal.

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