10 Ways to Right-Size Your Diet

This is the same information that has been on the "diet" internet articles for the last few years. How many times are they going to duplicate this? I'm all for reminding people, but it's different people rewriting the same article.

This article seems to be iliciting a lot of anger from readers. Luckily, I grew up in the eighties and there was a huge emphasis on diet & fitness when I was in Junior High and beginning to make my food choices. I must say that making the healthiest eating choices possible is very important. The girls who were able to eat a plate of french fries for lunch and stay thin, (while I had to a chicken breast salad and wheat bread), the french fry girls are really struggling with their weight. Let's keep in mind, a woman's risk of breast cancer is 1 in 8. That risk is higher when you factor in unhealthy eating choices and a sedentary lifestyle which make you fat later in life. So, this is a serious topic and we should be understanding of those who have a challenge with food for health reasons.

ahahahahaaa Jenni too funny!!

Actually, Crown, the bread most people eat IS crap. Anything with white flour is crap.

Re: Suggestion #2
It is NEVER OK to waste food! If it's too much, carry the leftovers home but tossing it is very disrespectful to the animal/plant/etc. that gave up its' life so that you could eat.

Great ideas...but many of them mean an increase in food costs or not getting as good a deal on what you're purchasing. Buying single serving items are often more expensive than buying a big bag. Of course you can always buy some sandwich bags and portion those out. The key is still will power...

Get a brain people! Don't you really know what is too much!

Food addiction is another way to say you are too lazy to control yourself. As a child of a "food addict" I know this first hand. ANyone can do anything they want, IF THEY WANT TO. Even alcoholics can stop drinking if they want to. You need will power!

M, just last week I bought a box of granola bars. There are two thin bars in each package, with six total packages in the box. You would think that two granola was one serving because they are in the same plastic wrapping. But if you read the label, one bar is one serving. Why didn't they just package all of them separately??? Oh, and if you buy a can of any soda product, that is two servings! Some things are obvious, while others aren't.

all very good ideas. I love the single serving chips, i love chips, but an opened bag is dangerous in my house. So, instead of depriving myself from ever eating chips, i allow myself a single serving. And like they say, just because its in a small bag doesn't mean its a single serving. The 33 cent bags are single serving, not the 89 cent which is 2 1/2 servings. Get a 89 cent bag of chips and a 20 oz coke, you might as well of eaten a super sized meal at McDonalds...

WHAT I DO IS TO ORDER A DINNER, HAVE THE RESTAURANT PACK 1/2 TO TAKE HOME AND I HAVE THE OTHER 1/2 AT THE RESTAURANT. I DO THAT WITH MAIN COURSES AS WELL AS SALAD AND SOUP.

This is so sad..I am sorry but where I come from which is Romania we eat but we walk A LOT so in the end we burn every calorie we took in by the end of the day. And I am tired of counting calories,fats and what not here because when I go there I can help myself to let's say feta cheese,salami,pate,other kinds of cheeses and delicious foods that people deprive themselves of here!If you want to eat something like home made creme brule that someone makes do.If you want to eat pizza have some of that,if you want some baked potato have some of that as long as you have it in moderation!Have a moderation of carbs,protein and fats...And no I will never give up my favorite desserts which have more calories:tiramisu,charlotte cake,creme brule and every romanian dessert which is syruppy and sweet!I eat everything in moderation,work out,have a healthy lifestyle and know how to treat my body.Why listen to the media and society of how I should live my life,what I should eat and how much I should eat or how I should trick myself into eating better portions?Isn't it our faults for sitting on our lazy asses and doing nothing that contributes to obesity not only genes and the foods we eat?

The last article was really helpful. I finally know how to gain some much-needed weight - stop fidgeting. I chronically fidget and I have never been able to rise above 5'6 and 75 pounds, though I am the opposite of anorexic; now, though, hopefully I can gain some weight if my fidgeting can be cured.

oh, Jenni and 's blog who posted that he/she thought what Jenni said was funny---

typical answers from uneducated, fat losers who drown themselves in cable t.v. all day--screw the ridiculous nutrition articles you idiots have to read because you don't know the meaning of moderation, waste, responsibility, etc--there's pesticides that take care of people like yourselves that are giving this country a bad name. suck on that and rid the citizenry of your presence and waste

Oh, and bread is not crap. Those fad diets are crap.

I think another way to right size your diet is... #11. Look at the menu and find the lowest price of entrees or appetizers... cause they served the lowest portion of food.

Will power my butt...It is called eat in moderation,enjoying what you eat and stop being so obsessed with food because you take the fun out of like!If you want something good have a small slice of pie,cake or pizza but not a whole thing!You want to be healthy?Do not sit there and tell me about single portions of pringles,animal crackers,etc because I count my own servings when I buy a big bag to save money and I am a college student.I also work out very intense most of the week,I watch what I eat,even my Starbucks are either black coffee or their tall skinny Cinnamon Dolce Latte once in while,I do not eat bacon,do not like pepperoni and am a very health conscious person because I have one life to live.But I eat what I want,I work out,I have what I want when I want it as long as it is in moderation and not affecting my health.And I am 25,but I have a sweet tooth yet believe that articles such as these cause eating disorders among girls my age.If you want to succeed do it the right way not try to eat so many veggies!Your body needs more carbs then veggies and any idiot who took an anatomy class can tell you that so veggies will not supply your body the necessary nutrients to work out...Maybe reading more accurate articles would be more useful but I did not find this very informative.

Dear Yahoo,

Stop regurgitating the same simple minded suggestions for eating less/losing weight/etc. If you don't know by now that portion sizes make a big difference in weight gain and loss, you will never know.

And, knowing this information still doesn't help put it in practice. Lame, basic and simple article...

Are those who are overweight really asking for advice to lose weight? I think articles like this keep surfacing because of statistics. They figure that if majority of people in America are overweight or obese they must want to or need to be on a diet to lose weight. I don't think that, I actually believe that there are people who are satisfied with eating whatever they want regardless of the consequences. And what is really the reason to eat radically healthy and exercise? We are all going to die someday, is it our goal to make it to 100 or maybe 200. I'm one of those people who would be happy if she can make it to 80.

There’s a lot of great things here, but the biggest thing is self control. While it’s easy to say that "just take some out on a plate and put the bag away" you still have to urge to go back and refill your plate. One thing I didnt see here was eating more times a day. This keeps your metabolism going all day which will help with weight-loss. I still have my "big 3 meals" (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) but about every 1-1.5 hours I eat a small, healthy, 100-200 calorie "snack". It’s just enough to keep your body going not to mention will help your food cravings throughout the day. Which will lead to you not eating as big of meals at breakfast lunch and dinner. Also, make sure that you continuously drink water throughout the day, about .6-.7 ounces per pound of your bodyweight.
Those are a few of the big things that have helped me get under 5% body fat. And if you are looking for more advice to losing weight or getting in shape, join us at http://theabschallenge.ning.com/group/fooddiettips