Why am I completely unable to control my portion sizes at meals?

Question

No matter how hard I try to diet, I always seem to just eat too much and can never lose the weight. Why?

Answer 1

You have to want to do it. Unless you get serious and truthful with yourself, it's not going to happen. Quit kidding yourself, if you can't seem to lose weight it's because you aren't serious about doing it.

Answer 2

10 Ways to Control Portion Sizes

1. Have your meals and snacks already pre-portioned so that when you are hungry you won't keep piling it on the plate.
2. Eat salads loaded with vegetables and lean meat.
3. Break leftovers down, instead of putting it in one large bowl put it in more smaller bowls.
4. Eat small healthy meals more throughout the day.
5. Keep seconds out of sight. After you get your plate, before you eat, put the food away.
6. Eat meat as a side dish and eat more veggies and healthy grains.
7. When going out to eat share the meal with someone or ask for a doggie bag before you start eating.
8. Don't be embarrassed to ask for the kids size meals.
9. Learn to "eyeball" portion sizes.
10. Treat yourself everyone once in a while to a forbidden food.

Answer 3

Things to try.
1. Do not drink during eating. Not even water. Chew every mouthful so your body knows you are eating not gulping. (try not to consume any kinds of calories in a liquid they dont tell the body you are full as well.
2. When you eat, only eat. Other distractions 'distract' your body from knowing you are consuming calories. Enjoy each bite. (no tv, books, cell phonage, computing etc.)
3. Eat foods high in Soluble Fibre. THE BEST food is the Shirataki Noodle.. 100% Fibre and mixed with spaghetti sacue and cheese tastes quite good. Experiment til you find a way to like them.. they will FILL you and have zero (count them zero calories.. no carbs.. no fat... just nicely chewy)
4. Ignore the nay sayers.
5. Do weight lifting. Build muscles! ( just cause that is good.. nothing to do with the portion control... oops might make you hungrier)
6. Prepare your own meals and begin snacking just a little bit as you prepare it. Before you sit down to eat you should already begin feeling full.

Answer 4

Are you waiting until you are really hungry before you eat? I know that if I eat a very small breakfast and lunch then by dinner I am starving and just stuff myself then feel guilty of course. My advice is to eat when you're hungry don't wait till you're starving and eat slowly, savor each bite it makes a big difference. It also helps me to tell myself that the food will still be there tomorrow, no reason to gobble it all down at once, plus it's fun to enjoy a really yummy meal for lunch the next day.

Answer 5

use a smaller plate and take smaller bites. Chew for about 10 seconds and of course avoid fats and sugars and excersice. If you want to make weight loss really fun gamble on weightloss with you friends or reward your self for lossing weight. ALso get other people involved, go walking with friends, eat with other friends who can control their portions. Lastly and most importantly, make eating healthy and doing excercise a lifestyle, not just something you try for a month to lose a few pounds.

Also if you lose weight you also gain respect. People will admire your will power and self control and will look up to you.

Good luck with dieting

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(the smily is unhappy because he has a double chin)

Answer 6

Try eating a lot of small meals through out the day. At meals you might just be really hungry and it causes you to over eat. You can also try eating large portions of low-calorie foods like fruits & vegetables and regular portions of other foods at meals. Just keep switching things up until you find what works for you. Good luck!

Answer 7

Who is doing your grocery shopping and cooking? Weight loss begins at those points. Also, you need to address the underlying reasons you are over eating. It's usually emotional reasons. I suggest you educate yourself on calories. Measure your food and use a calorie chart. Find out how many calories are in a cup of spaghetti, for example, and then measure yourself a cup. Throw the rest away before you start eating. Measure everything. Check calories. Find out how many calories a person your size and ideal weight should have. You may be surprised at how little you need to be eating.

Answer 8

It's likely what you are choosing to eat isn't satisfying you. Try keeping track of when you feel hungry, but it doesn't seem like you should be and backtrack to what isn't giving you what you need.

It can also be partially habitual. Try eating a lot of small meals (6-8 meals, 200-400 calories each) to get your body used to a smaller intake at each sitting. I've found this to be very effective.

Answer 9

willpower....you have the ability to control it....you just choose not too. You fix your plate right.....well start being aware of what you are putting on it. Start by only putting about half the normal amount on your plate. Eat that....try not to go back for more. After you are done go for a walk so you are out of the house and not temped....get someone to put up the food before you get back from your walk.

Answer 10

Use smaller plates so if you like to see a full plate, you'll have it but it will be a smaller portion.
Add some vegetables to your food so you won't eat as many calories as if it was only carbs.

Answer 11

Some tips: you could drink water before you eat
use smaller plates when eating (it makes you feel
like you are eating more)
when going out put half in a to go box before you
eat