portion size Options

[brooklyneast05]

do you think portion size reducing is a good way to fix some of our health issues? do you think it would have a big impact on how people eat? are you more likely to just eat/drink more than one of something if the portion is smaller? tell me how you feel about portion size.

for me reducing portion size would work. if something is smaller, i just eat less. like with these smaller cokes. i don't feel compelled to drink two of them, i just drink less in general because less is there.



cool topic i know. don't hate, going through my tumblr and thinking of shit to make topics about.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

We need to reduce our dependence on processed foods if we want to correct any of our country's health issues. Encourage hunting for food, meats like Deer have a much lower fat content than their counterparts, say beef. Even wild boar has less fat than farm-raised pigs.

I don't think reducing portion size will help with most people. I'll continue to drink until I'm not thirsty, not until I'm out of cola.

[none345678]

Kind of since sometimes I do just try to eat as much of something as I can just because I feel bad wasting it even if I am full, but on the other hand if I am still hungry I am going to just eat another of whatever it is I'm eating.

[brooklyneast05]

We need to reduce our dependence on processed foods if we want to correct any of our country's health issues. Encourage hunting for food, meats like Deer have a much lower fat content than their counterparts, say beef. Even wild boar has less fat than farm-raised pigs.

I don't think reducing portion size will help with most people. I'll continue to drink until I'm not thirsty, not until I'm out of cola.

yeah i agree with that. i like to buy buffalo.

Kind of since sometimes I do just try to eat as much of something as I can just because I feel bad wasting it even if I am full, but on the other hand if I am still hungry I am going to just eat another of whatever it is I'm eating.

yeah that wasting feeling is what i'm talking about. that's how i often feel with something like a soda.

[batman]

i think it could work. i mean, a lot of people eat not just when they're hungry but because the food is in front of them. so if you reduce the food in front of them, they'll naturally eat less.

but it's probably not going to work on a large scale basis.

[tokyo-rose]

We need to reduce our dependence on processed foods if we want to correct any of our country's health issues. Encourage hunting for food, meats like Deer have a much lower fat content than their counterparts, say beef. Even wild boar has less fat than farm-raised pigs.

I don't think reducing portion size will help with most people. I'll continue to drink until I'm not thirsty, not until I'm out of cola.

I agree. Lean turkey and chicken, om nom nom.

i think it could work. i mean, a lot of people eat not just when they're hungry but because the food is in front of them. so if you reduce the food in front of them, they'll naturally eat less.

but it's probably not going to work on a large scale basis.

I watched an MTV documentary about a family whose children were overweight and started measuring out portions of food to eat at dinner, which did help in helping all of them eat more healthily and pay attention to how much food they actually needed to feel full while getting enough nutrition. But a lot of Americans are too lazy and/or busy to do that and would rather grab fast food or heap homemade food onto their plates, eat, and do whatever they need to do after dinner than using a measuring cup to serve food in recommended amounts.

[sixfive]

mmmmmmmmmm coca cola

its best not to depend on processed stuff anyway my family made a switch because my brother got put on a strict diet for college football so we all just kinda jumped on to support him and it's so much healthier and shit

[libertie]

Yeah, I do tend to just go get more of something even when I'm given a small portion. If I'm still hungry, I keep eating. =\ I don't think it's necessarily the amount as much as WHAT, like other people are saying.

[Tomates]

Anyone remember the show "Honey we're killing the kids"?
This made me remember it. Whatever happened to that show?

Anyways. I think portion control may help some people, but not for others. They can just get up and get one more helping or one more can.

[sixfive]

its

[creole]

i'm def. one of those ppl that like to ignore the portion size, but i'm glad at least it's a good step for a better health.

[Maccabee]

Dang it. Now I want a dr pepper. But when I want a dr pepper I have to ride my bike 4 miles so it's good for me.

[creole]

joseph, wat happened to our daily diet discussion? :(

[mipadi]

I think it'd go a long way. At lunch, I always buy a soda (partly because I like soda, and partly because I'm not enough of a hipster [yet] to pay $1.50 for a bottle of Coca Cola-branded tap water equivalent). They're only sold in 20oz bottles, of course. And I don't want to drink most of it, but I do because, well, it's there. If it came in a 12oz can (like it did when I was a f*cking kid, god I feel old) then I'd be happy with that.

That's the big problem with food in America: it's so cheap that we eat too much of it, and shit like high fructose corn syrup is so cheap that we turn perfectly good corn into sugar and gulp it down.

[brooklyneast05]

yeah that's pretty much spot on of how i am. if i get a bottle of soda i drink it because i got a bottle of soda. if i got half that size, then i'd just drink half. i'm just drinking more for no real reason.



this of course doesn't apply to mexican coke, aka my one true love.

[none345678]

If pop is in a bottle I am fine but when it's in a can I feel like shit not drinking it all.

I always wondered is there a reason we do can and bottle and not just pick one?

[mipadi]

The thing I hate about soda, bottled water, etc., is all that wasted plastic. My dad told me that back when he was a kid, soda came in glass bottles, and you had to take them back to the store where you bought them. The shopkeeper collected them, and once a week or so Coca-Cola came around and picked up the used bottles. Presumably they were sterilized and re-used. I'm sure that's more of an energy drain than just creating new plastic bottles, but throwing out all those bottles just seems wasteful.

[brooklyneast05]

that's why you gotta convert to mexican coke my friend. comes in glass bottles. i take mine back to the store, who knows what happens to them after that though. i'm assuming they take them to be recycled. either way they tell me i can bring them back and i can't imagine them wanting me to do that if they are just going to turn around and throw em in the trash. i don't know that they do that everywhere though, probably not.



tastes better too. made with natural sugar and not high fructose corn syrup.

alright that's my sell. go buy mexican coke everyone. it's way better. join the mexican coke cult.

[none345678]

That stuff is really really good. Do they pay you for the bottles?

[brooklyneast05]

That stuff is really really good. Do they pay you for the bottles?

i wish, that would be badass

[mipadi]

Is that a New York thing? Because I'm going to be living in NYC soon so I could totally get in on the Mexican Coke thing, even if it is.

[brooklyneast05]

Is that a New York thing? Because I'm going to be living in NYC soon so I could totally get in on the Mexican Coke thing, even if it is.

haha no, it's not only NYC, it's a lot of places hiding. i think sometimes costco and sam's will sell it. those are the only chain places i've seen it. they recently started getting it at the grocery store i shop at, which is small and not a chain. other than that though i'd look at mexican grocery stores. they usually have it, or if not they can get it. also if you go to a smaller mexican restaurant they will often times have all their sodas bottled, or you can ask if they have any bottled. i got a bottled mexican pepsi just the other day when i went to eat. i think you just have to look around.

to me it's really worth it. i think it tastes a lot better, becasue it's a little less sweet. plus it's just really badass to drink out of a cold glass bottle. i think it completely makes it more enjoyable.

[none345678]

The costco closest to me has them. Or they did at one time.

[karmakiller]

My dad used to buy his beer in glass bottles, and we'd take the cases back to the place and he'd get a small discount for bringing them back (like, a dollar discount) and there are a lot of places around here that still sell drinks in glass bottles and let you return them, but the big supermarkets don't do that.

[brooklyneast05]

yeah f*ck big supermarkets, i hate going to them

[none345678]

I do to, Manly because I think everyone in them are going to stalk and rape me.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

Is that a New York thing? Because I'm going to be living in NYC soon so I could totally get in on the Mexican Coke thing, even if it is.

They sell it here at the base exchange.

[creole]

the only glass soda bottle that i've seen before is the fanta one, and it's not all that great.

[manny-the-dino]

They do the same at Starbucks where if you take your own thermos to put your drink in, they take off 30¢ or something and same with Marie Calendars that if you take in the tin thing for the pie, you get 50¢ off.


ANYWAYS

I think portion size is important. Sure there are people who will just eat another serving but then there are people who will just stop at one and obey the portion size. Portions and how often you eat are probably the most important things when it comes to healthy eating and watching your weight. We're suppose to eat 6 small meals but the majority of people eat 3 big ones. And with smaller portions, it's easier to stick to 6 small meals versus the 3 big ones. Some might say they feel restricted to what they're eating but they can think about it this way: if you have smaller portions of things, you'll be able to eat more of other things. Let me explain. Let's say you have... chicken and mashed potatoes for a meal. And you fill up the entire plate with just those two items. If you were to have smaller portions of those two things, you could make room for some salad or veggies because they do say half of our plate should consist of veggies. Also you'd be getting more of your daily vitamins and nutrition for the day.

[DoubleJ]

While I was in Europe it tricked my body on portion sizes. If it's not pizza, I can't eat it in one sitting now. Like I can barely finish my salads anymore. It's really sad.

[sixfive]

Speaking of salad, a few weeks ago I fell in love with chicken salads. Mixed greens + chopped onions + chopped tomatoes + green onions + baked chicken + balsamic vinaigrette mmmmmmmmmm

[DoubleJ]

I am gonna have one of those from the restaurant tonight at work. I gotta get back on my no pork diet. I have been slacking.

[brooklyneast05]

i don't eat pork

[DoubleJ]

For how long now?

[brooklyneast05]

i don't remember but it seems like a lot longer than it probably is. i don't have any grand reason. i don't like most of it. i'm not crazy about never eating it, i would eat a salad that had bacon already on it or something like that. but i wouldn't go out of my way to get some.


i know people LOVE BACON, but i don't really get why

[DoubleJ]

Yeah I get this blt salad at work, and it is starting to annoy me now.

[Reidar]

Whoa, old topic but animal fat is absolutely not the cause of obesity/any health epidemic. Saturated fat plays a key role in a variety of health factors and gets unjustly maligned in mainstream fitness circles.

Not even all trans fat is bad, either - CLA for example.

[datass]

srsly i was told that our large mcdonald's meal was the same as american's small. i was like, wtfux? cuz my american friend came over and had to get like 2 burgers, and this makes no sense.

[iDecay]

Yeah, Julia. Our portion sizes here are like 2308430355424x bigger. :3

[gojira]

supersize is gone tho :(

[sixfive]

not in tx

[heyo-captain-jac...]

animal fat is absolutely not the cause of obesity

yeah but you can't deny that if you're trying to get skinny (not healthy or anything, just skinny) you're better off eating wild boar than you are eating the shit you get a the store

[Reidar]

yeah but you can't deny that if you're trying to get skinny (not healthy or anything, just skinny) you're better off eating wild boar than you are eating the shit you get a the store

That really has nothing to do with what I said, though. You're bringing up the issue of organic vs. processed, not low fat vs. high.

[heyo-captain-jac...]

that's true too, but I'm talking about the fact that wild animals tend to be much more lean than farm raised shit. even if you throw all the preservatives you can find at it, you'll still end up eating leaner food.

[Reidar]

that's true too, but I'm talking about the fact that wild animals tend to be much more lean than farm raised shit. even if you throw all the preservatives you can find at it, you'll still end up eating leaner food.

The leanness isn't the discerning factor as to whether you should eat organically or not, it just happens to be a coinciding variable. A leaner animal, for example, is often a healthier animal, even though the body fat itself as a macronutrient isn't the problem.

Lean meat, though, is different from a lean animal - it's stripped of the fat by human means, which is pointless.