Is your size fit?

TAKE a good look at your dinner plate the next time you sit down for the family meal. Chances are it will be piled sky high.

Serving sizes of food today are insane, our plates are bigger, cuts of meat from the butcher are bigger, everything we buy is supersized, is it any wonder we to are only getting bigger.

More often than not the foods we are eating so much of are the wrong ones, energy dense, full of saturated fats, add this with the limited amount of exercise we actually do and that is partly the reason people struggle with their weight.

Feeling full does not mean bursting at the seams. Below is a list of foods and the recommended serving sizes. If this is the amount you eat of these foods now, well done, if not try and do things to make sure you cut back on your serving sizes.

Buy smaller plates, buy one cut of meat for two people, it’s the little steps that count.

Meat and meat products (one serve daily)
1 serve equals: 80-120g cooked meat fish or chicken; 2 small eggs; one-third of a cup of nuts

Dairy (2-3 low-fat serves a day)
1 serve equals: 40g cheese; 250ml/1 cup milk; 200ml/small tub yoghurt

Bread and cereals (4-5 serves a day)
1 serve equals: 2 thin or 1 thick bread slices; 1 cup cooked pasta or rice, lightly packed for rice; cereals: half to 1 cup (half a cup of muesli, 1 cup of Corn Flakes)

Fruit (2 serves a day)
1 serve equals: 1 tennis ball or teacup size piece of fruit; half a cup of juice; 1-2 tablespoons dried fruit

Vegetables (5 serves a day)
1 serve equals: half a cup cooked vegetables; 1 cup salad vegetables

Lollies and chocolate
1 serve equals: 1 row of chocolate or half a small chocolate bar (25g)
Chocolate and lollies are not everyday items and should be avoided if trying to lose weight