Week 2 Challenge: Control Your Portions
Eating the right amount of certain foods is important to maintain good health and may help you lose weight.
An easy way to control your diet is portion control. Big portions are directly linked to obesity. Being overweight or obese is harmful to your health and increases risks for diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and other chronic conditions.
This week's Challenge focuses on healthy portion sizes and healthy snacks. We'll also teach you ways to stop overeating and read nutrition labels.
Go to Week 2 - Challenge Tracker to track your progress.
Use These Resources to Complete Your Action Items:
- Replace your dishes with smaller ones. Make sure your plates are 9 inches wide.
- Practice using the rate your plate system to eat your portioned meals.
- Plan the times when you will eat snacks.
- Plan the snacks you would like to eat for the week.
- use the food diary in your workbook and write in your meals and nutritional information to help you stay on track.
- If you are hungry after eating a meal, use a distraction technique.
- When grocery shopping; do Heart Healthy Shopping.
- Read nutrition labels.
Quick Tips
1. When creating your I Can! Challenge goals, keep them S.M.A.R.T.
2. Stay motivated!
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