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Portions vs. Servings

From Mayo Clinic

Strug­gling with your weight? Check your por­tion con­trol. You may be con­fus­ing por­tion con­trol and serv­ings. A por­tion is the amount of food you put on your plate. A serv­ing is a spe­cific amount of food defined by com­mon mea­sure­ments, such as cups or tablespoons.

For instance, a pan­cake serv­ing is 4 inches (as shown on the left). But a typ­i­cal por­tion you might eat is 6 inches — or 2 serv­ings. Sim­i­larly, a serv­ing of milk is 8 ounces, but the por­tion you pour might be twice that size, like the one on the right. If your por­tion con­trol is out of con­trol, you may be super­siz­ing your meals and your­self. Use this guide to become a bet­ter judge of por­tion con­trol and serv­ing sizes.

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9 Responses to “Portions vs. Servings”

1. Susan says:

   February 7, 2012 at 9:15 am

   Wow! Great job this morn­ing every­one! That is one tough work­out — lots of run­ning and tons of squats, 240 to be exact. Ter­rific effort by all! Thanks Kath­leen for the core exer­cises at the end!

   Be sure to stretch and drink lots of water today. See you Thursday!
2. Julie says:

   February 7, 2012 at 10:53 am

   Awe­some work­out, so love those dark morn­ings where I can’t see how far behind every­one I am ;o)

   Now, can some­one please tell me the rem­edy for calves that feel like a mil­lion pins are stick­ing you? Ben­Gay is lovely, but there have been some com­plaints at work.
3. Andy says:

   February 7, 2012 at 11:24 am

   The high­light of my morn­ing (beyond everyone’s amaz­ing were­wolf impres­sions) was hear­ing Tracy say FU Susan. Those words have never been uttered before but I can now say every­one trainer (except our newest Dr. T) has had an FU hurled their way.

   I enjoyed my run­ning with Kevin, Yomi and Jeff. You guys pushed your­selves hard today. I hope I was just able to make your turns around the track a lit­tle more enjoyable.

   See every­one on Thurs­day for a day of fun and excitement.
4. Tracy says:

   February 7, 2012 at 1:07 pm

   Great job today Jenn! I really enjoyed run­ning with you and work­ing on your pac­ing! I also enjoyed try­ing to keep up/catch up to Amy.

   And re: the FU Susan, some­times I just can’t con­trol where the FUs are directed. Today, it just so hap­pened that Susan was telling us to straighten our legs and keep our legs higher when it was all I could do to keep my leg up there. It was shakin’ like a polaroid pic­ture. So the FU just slipped out. My it was stated with love.
5. terresa says:

   February 7, 2012 at 1:58 pm

   i can’t wait until peo­ple are curs­ing me!

   great work­out today. it was good run­ning with lynn, and squat­ting with brett! way to push it!
6. Mary Ellen says:

   February 7, 2012 at 2:09 pm

   Con­grats, Susan! An FU from Tracy means you’re doing some­thing right. It’s her spe­cial way of say­ing “I love you!”

   That first loop and a half is a men­tal chal­lenge. Jamey, Don, Kara, and Andrew — I couldn’t keep up! Amy, Leann, David, and Karen — well done!

   If any­one is up for a 4 mile run tomor­row, come on out — same time, same place.

   M.E.
7. Leigh says:

   February 7, 2012 at 2:51 pm

   Brown­ing was a beast this morn­ing. As we came back after fin­ish­ing our 400 meter loop Susan called time. As I gath­ered my things I turned around and he was knock­ing out his last 40 squats so he could say he fin­ished the work­out, which he did. Awe­some job today.
8. Jeff says:

   February 7, 2012 at 3:19 pm

   You asked what I was pray­ing for Andy? By the end of that 400 it was that Tracy would drop those let­ters on you!
9. Andy says:

   February 8, 2012 at 9:51 am

   Thanks Jeff.