Sarah Motl, MS, RD, BMC Dietitian |
Eating healthy does not mean depriving yourself of the foods you love; you just have to watch your portion sizes. Here are some tips to use common objects to help keep your portions in check:
- Tennis ball: the size of one cup of cooked pasta or rice
- DVD: the size of a pancake or waffle
- Deck of cards: 3 oz serving of meat
- Postage stamp: size of a pat of butter
- Golf ball: one serving of peanut butter
- Baseball: one cup of dry cereal; one serving of fruit
- 4 dice: one serving of cheese
- Post-it note: the size of a brownie or slice of cake
- Computer mouse: the size of a baked potato
Information in this blog is not meant to replace the advice of your personal healthcare provider.