TRAIN YOUR PORTION EYE
What does that mean? Having the ability to judge a portion size using a visual aspect. So, what we do for our challenges is food tracking.
This essentially is what we believe to be THE BEST way to learn your body, learn how it responds to different foods and become familiar with how much you really are eating on a daily basis.
So that’s defiantly the avenue we chose to educate our members on, however it can be overwhelming at first if you have never done it, so like our goal setting we create SMALL achievable stepping stones to get there. Starting with portion control.
This is the easiest way for us to help you get in the routine and rhythm with food because lets be real, TRACKING it isn’t for everyone. It can be time consuming (if you want to do it accurately), weighing, measuring and portioning out your meals.
THE VISUAL ASPECT
Its also going to take some self control and discipline to stick to it but that’s it. Its all on you!
Whether dishing up a single meal or multiple meals in advance, I want you to try gauging your portion sizes in the following way:
Divide your plate VISUALLY into thirds. Each third is space for your source of protein, carbohydrates and fats.
With regards to protein, for men, visualise TWO palms (no fingers included) of protein dense foods with each meal. And that means YOUR palms, not those of the Incredible Hulk. (haha)
For women, ONE palm of protein dense food with each meal. I would also like to stress that protein NEEDS to be your priority. Make sure you’re getting it!
For carbohydrates, men may visualise TWO cupped hands of carb dense foods, women ONE cupped hand.
When it comes to vegetables, males can throw TWO closed fists worth of veg on the plate, women ONE closed fist.
Lastly, with fats, for men, TWO thumb size pieces of fat dense foods, ONE thumb size for women.
So as you can see, that it! All you need is two hands and the ability to count to two