Portion Distortion

So it's official, I am a certified Personal Trainer! I am very excited to start practicing the new skills I have learned. I'll be sure to keep you posted.

In other news, lately I have been focusing on portion sizes. I was raised eating three square meals per day and a snack or two and I have continued to eat this way through my adult life. While I was eating the right percentages of the different food groups, I began to wonder if I really needed as much food as I was eating. So I decided to try an experiment; I reduced my plate size to 1/2 - 3/4 of the amount I usually eat. At first I experienced the expected feelings of hunger, mostly due to my stomach being accustomed to more food than I was eating. But after about a week, my stomach shrank and I no longer felt the need to eat any more food than what I had portioned.  It has now been nearly three weeks and I can honestly say that I am so happy I decided to do this!

I had hit a plateau in my weight loss journey a few years ago and no matter how much I exercised, I wasn't able to get past it. I now understand why. It's not that I wasn't eating healthy or getting enough exercise, I was just eating a tad too much.

It has only been a few weeks so I have yet to see the long term results, but I will be sure to post an update on my progress in a couple months.

Image Source: Rebody