Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Tips On Eating Less...Without Even Noticing

A few tips to eating smaller portions without even realizing it ;)

  • Try to leave the serving bowls off your table {except for the salad and veggies}.
  • Serve your meals on 9-10 inch plates, which is a perfect size to prevent overloading your plate.
  • Drink from skinny glasses, as your mind perceives height over width, you will think you have had more.
  • Try to eat in a room which is not too bright and loud. People tend to eat more when they are overstimulated.
  • Eat with smaller spoons {in one Cornell study, participants ate 11% less ice cream when they used a small scoop.

30 Fabulous People:

  1. Wow - those are great tips! Thank you!
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  2. Awesome tips! Whenever I go to Baskin Robbins I always eat with the small sample spoons. I totally helps me not eat the entire cup!
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  3. I eat with a smaller spoon at the time! And I chew my food completely up- which makes you feel full faster.

    But great tips!
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  4. great tips! I always overeat when I have snack foods out of the bag/box :/
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  5. Thanks for the tips...about to start dieting, BLAH!

    http://www.afashionfixation.blogspot.com
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  6. Oh no, i love to eat with big spoons and forks! aha!
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  7. Thank you for these great tips! (And love that photo of mini stuffs :)
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  8. fascinating. i've done the smaller plate thing, but not the rest. thanks!

    xo,
    c
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  9. Just catching up on the blog world and boy have I missed your blog! Great tips...thanks much. :)
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  10. Great tips, now i just need to apply them!
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  11. Eating off small plates works so great!
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  12. Brilliant tips, sounds sensible and easy to follow, thanks for this post babe!!! xoxo
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  13. These are great tips - I need to try to find slightly smaller plates. I agree about using smaller utensils - it works well and makes what you are eating last longer!! :)
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  14. I love your tips Iva, I'm gonna try them... especially the small spoon!
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  15. Smaller plates is a big one. A lot of people fill up their plates without realising just how much food it actually is!

    Portion size is something I struggle with. I grew up in a family where we all ate the same amount - and I have big, muscly brothers as well as very active sisters so as a book worm I was eating far too much for my activity of choice!

    x Jasmine
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  16. good tips. i always try to use the salad plate to put my food on.
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  17. Great suggestions, I'm already doing some but smaller spoons for ice-cream and lower lighting are new to me. Those little fruits on that mini plate looks SO REAL. Amazing.
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  18. Perfect post for what I'm dealing with lol thank you
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  19. I absolutely agree...in fact we should never leave a meal being stuffed and full...
    naina
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  20. Great tips as always Iva...but I'm more in love with the image you have on this post; so cuuuute!!!

    xo
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  21. perfect! just when i needed the tips, thank you!
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  22. I always eat out of small bowls but truth is, I always make too much food. I need to start from the beginning and not make as much. Because if it's in the house... IT'S IN MY BELLY!
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  23. Great tips. I'm just fond of using salad plates for my regular meals as is and when it comes to drink, I almost exclusively drink water with my meals (so no need for a thin glass there).
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  24. great tips - i use smaller plates on a regular basis!

    xx anna jane
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  25. Oh my goodness I NEEDED to read this!!! I have had trouble recently with my portion control. Everything just seems so GOOD!!! hahaha
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  26. I eat with small spoons and it's true,I do eat less because of it.
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  27. That image is so cute! My problem (if it's a problem) is that I don't eat enough - I even struggle with normal-sized portions in restaurants and can rarely eat a starter+main, so usually only a main or two starters!
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