One of my favorite places to eat is Costa Vida- I love their Mango Chicken Salad. To die for! I usually get it w/o cheese, chips, or dressing on a wheat tortilla. I was curious in how many calories were in one and to my sad surprise there is 900 calories in one salad!!! That's w/o dressing too. Its a big salad but I never thought that many calories. Jeremy and I will have to spit one or something. Portion sizes are way out of proportion today.....Some things I try to do are as follows- Use smaller bowls, plates, etc. I sometimes use a measuring cup as my bowl:) I started doing that for my 2 year old cause the handle but it works great for me. Also never eat out of the box, you'll eat more then a serving or 2.
When you go out to eat ask the waiter to box half your meal. Then it won't be tempting to pick after you have already had enough.
Think of a baseball when you think of one portion of pasta.
Think of a golf ball when thinking about nuts and dried fruit- high in calories. but still good for you.
Think of 6 dice as a serving of cheese...
and a deck of cards for meat...
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900 calories for a salad! Yikes! I've heard sometimes those restaurant salads are more calories than a normal entree...now I know it's true! We just had some good speakers at MOPS Tuesday that talked about nutrition for kids...here's their website...in case you're interested...
www.nourishyourkids.com
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