My eyes are bigger than my stomach

[MrsFraga2016 72]

Lately I have been having difficulties realizing how small my new stomach is after my last fill.

What tips do you have?

[cheryl2586 3,053]

The only way you can get by is to buy a food scale and measure your food. Once you can eyeball your portions then you wont need the scale but I recommend it highly

[MrsFraga2016 72]

I already do both. It's just hard for me to realize I can only eat that much so I add more to my plate.

[TLL 105]

I try to approach meals with portion size in mind from the get go. I don't personally weigh food or anything, but I try to have a realistic vision of what a food's true portion size is and stick to it. I try to under fill my plates. One tool that I saw in the hospital's gift shop (and really wish I had gotten while I was there!) was a lap band Portion Control plate. I'm sure there's many versions available, this is just the one I saw at the time. http://www.lapbandtools.com/products/Portion-Control-Plate.html

[gowalking 10,790]

I already do both. It's just hard for me to realize I can only eat that much so I add more to my plate.

I know it sounds silly, but use smaller plates. That way, it looks like more food when it isn't. I don't use dinner plates anymore...I use paper plates alot. They are smaller and work great. If you have salad plates, try that...or even kiddie plates.

[Kitt3000 757]

Give it time, you will adjust your mind eye too!

Now, I look at the quantity of a "normal restaurant serving" and feel astonished that I ever ate that much in the first place! One of the tricks I use is to use a tablespoon to serve myself, instead of the traditional serving spoon. Also I spend a lot of time cutting up my food. It slows me down before I ever start to eat, and when I leave food behind, it's so much smaller- I don't feel like I am wasting as much. Think about this, it's not how much food you can eat and get away with on the scale, but how little can you eat and be satisfied? You can always go back for another small portion. Good luck, it will happen for you too!

[MrsFraga2016 72]

I have small 3 (or4) inch plates. I think I'm going to make sure that I always have one clean to eat off of. I usually do eat on it, but last night they were dirty and I used a regularish plate instead. Filled it up with a chicken breast and zucchini spaghetti.

I need to learn to now take my 3oz of Protein and walk away. If I want more I can come back and get more later.

[goalseeker 695]

I already do both. It's just hard for me to realize I can only eat that much so I add more to my plate.

I know it sounds silly, but use smaller plates. That way, it looks like more food when it isn't. I don't use dinner plates anymore...I use paper plates alot. They are smaller and work great. If you have salad plates, try that...or even kiddie plates.

I do this too. I never use a dinner plate anymore. It's ALWAYS a salad plate. I found I too would overfill my regular sized plate.