A well balanced diet means to eat healthy and nutritious food in proper quantity, at right time. People often confuse themselves with the quantity of food they consume, thus they start counting their serving. Well, they do measure the food items before consuming them, but the quantities differ from what they have been recommended. The quantities differ with every food vessel. For example when you consume one bowl of fresh fruits, you forget that the size of every bowl differs. The different sizes of bowl are available in almost every market. In fact your kitchen cabinet itself may contain numerous different size of utensils such as plates, bowls, etc,.
Thus, when your dietician recommends you to have a bowl full of rice, he might mean a small bowl, while you eat a big bowl of rice. Which will keep you wondering how did you gain weight? We generally neglect the size and grab unintentionally. And sometimes it feels somewhat awkward to keep measuring the amount of food consumed. No doubt, it is essential to keep a track of your diet that includes the quality and quantity of food. We cannot carry a measuring device everywhere to eat right quantity of food. But, it is necessary to consume right amount of food because large amounts of food items will help in gaining some extra pounds. Overweight people should avoid adding extra pounds; this will definitely make them loose some extra pounds from their pockets.
I know it is very difficult to measure every food item. Thus, to clear out this confusion, we have got some amazing ideas that will help you people. You can vary the size according to the quantity of food required.
If you are recommended to consume some thirty ounce of cheese, then you may consume cheese cubes that are equivalent to the size of four dice.- Cheese slices are usually divided in different sizes. Thus, to avoid confusion, you may consume some thirty grams of sliced cheese- that is size of CD’s diameter.
- Pasta is very much healthy and tasty food. You may weigh half cup of pasta with the helps of half cut baseball.
- Cereals are must food for morning breakfast that can sized as one cup of cereals is equivalent to the size of baseball.
- You are desired to eat baked potato with cheese toppings. But, worried about the size of potato, then just select a medium sized potato that resembles approximately to regular soap bar.
- We generally apply peanut butter to morning whole wheat bread, but get confuse with its quantity. Thus, we recommend that two teaspoonful of peanut butter is equivalent to the size of ping pong ball.
- Salad dressing oil adds zest to green salads, but right proportion is essential. You may consider two tablespoon of salad dressing oil weight to the size of shot glass.
- If you are recommended to have 180 ml of fruit juice, then fill it according to the size of small container of yogurt.
- Grab fresh bright colored fruits in small intervals. Consuming the entire sometimes is not possible. Thus, a moderate piece of fruit can be compared to size of tennis ball.
With the use of the common object, serving proper size becomes very easy. You do not need to weigh everything but, you can now keep a proper track of your diet.
