Monday, March 12, 2012

Portion Control Visuals

You are encouraged to use a scale but if you are eating away from home, there are some visual that will help you picture what a healhy searving looks like.

Divide your plate in half... then divide one half the plate in half again.
The original half plate section - veggies... the quarter plate sections should hold the protein and startch.


Other visuals:

3 oz of protein - about the size of a deck of cards

Bread = CD Jewel case

Baseball = small fruit

Size of your fist = Fruit or rice

4 dice = serving of cheese

Ping pong ball - Picture this as the size of healthy fat, like peanut butter or cream cheese

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