New year, new you. The number one new year's resolution is losing weight and an important element to eating better is portion control.
Cheyenne Autumn, Regional Dir. of Health Strategies for UnitedHealthcare shows us how to use household items to portion meals.
A computer mouse/spaghetti:
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½ cup pasta
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| Checkbook/fish: |
3 oz. of cooked fish |
| Tennis ball/orange: |
1 medium fruit |
| Light bulb/broccoli: |
1 cup vegetables |
CD/pancake:
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1 oz. of grains |
Golf Ball/brown:
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1 T. peanut butter |
Small Yo Yo/cookie:
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Desert portion |
One Dice:
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1 tsp. margarine/butter |
| 2 Dominos/cheese colored: |
1 oz. of cheese |
Deck of cards/meat:
|
3 oz. of cooked lean meat |
