Many people are curious as to how to control portion sizes so here is a quick tip~!
Hand= Veggies: open your hand and spread your fingers as wide as you can. This is a good portion of veggies at a meal. Raw veggies are loaded w/ fiber and nutrients and have very few calories.
Fist= Fruits, Grains: Your bread, fruit, cereal, rice and grain portions should be about equal to the size of you closed fist.
Palm=Proteins: these portions should be the size of your whole palm. Salmon, chicken breasts, tilapia, cod etc.
Thumb=Fats: Fats are important but they are also very dense. Good fat sources should kept to the portion of your thumb size, good fats consist of avocados, olive oil, nuts and seeds.
About Me
- Stacey Clifton Glenn
- I’m just a small town girl w/ BIG dreams! I love my family, friends, and my job as an online fitness consultant. Fitness has been a part of my life since I started playing volleyball, basketball and running track. As athletes we train/condition to get faster, and stronger and I fell in love with strength training and exercise. “Go Heavy or Go Home” I went on to play collegiate volleyball at The University of Texas-Austin and then to California State University at Chico and then became an assistant volleyball coach. I also had the chance to work w/ the volleyball players and the strength and conditioning program, which was a great experience and I loved it! I earned a Bachelors in Physical Education at Chico State and I am now a P.E. teacher & coach at a middle school here in Texas. I am also currently working on my Personal Training certificate and looking forward to establishing my own traveling personal training business in the near future. I CAN do anything I put my mind too! I know I have the power to make things happen in my life and helping others realize the same thing in themselves is so rewarding.
THANKS for this great tip! I have always wondered about portion sizes and this will make it MUCH easier to figure out without having to weigh. Awesome blog, BTW...very nice. :)
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