Portion Distortion

I've been tracking my food intake (and my calories) through the awesome LoseIt app.
And...... no wonder I haven't been losing weight!

I had no idea that I was pecking away like a buzzard!

Yesterday, for example, I had made a batch of food for dinner, and, almost unconciously, each time I went to the kitchen, I had a nibble.  Over the course of the day, this led to about 120 calories worth of nibbles.

And then there was finishing my kids meals (waste not, want not, right??).  That added another whopping 350 calories.

And this was me being mindful of what I ate.  I don't even want to think of what I did before I started using this app!

Another thing I've realized with tracking my calories is that my portions are WAY off.  Over the past three years, I had been increasing my portion sizes (I was either pregnant or nursing for much of the time), and now am experiencing classic "portion distortion".

Here are what portions are supposed to look like.  Surprising, huh?

Source:  WebMD 

Food	One Serving Equals . . .
Breads, pasta, cereal, cooked grain, etc.	One slice of bread (size of cassette tape--remember those?) One bagel (top of a 14oz can) One-cup cereal or pasta (baseball or tennis ball) Half-cup cooked small pasta, couscous, rice (head of a light bulb)
Fruits	One piece of fruit (size of a tennis ball) Half-cup cut-up fruit, raw, cooked, frozen, or canned (head of a lightbulb) One-quarter cup dried fruit
Veggies	Half cup cut up veggie, raw, cooked, frozen, or canned (head of a lightbulb) Half-cup cooked, canned or frozen legumes (head of a lightbulb) One-cup leafy greens (size of a baseball)
Meat, chicken,fish and legumes	Three ounces (deck of cards) One egg 1/2 cup of cooked beans (head of a light bulb)
Dairy	One ounce of cheese (one nine-volt battery) Half-cup ice cream, cottage cheese, or pudding (head of a light bulb) One-cup milk or yogurt (size of a baseball)
Nuts	One-third cup (size of a golf ball) One-tablespoon nut butter