One of the keys to maintaining weight and staying healthy is portion control, but serving sizes can be rather vague and a pain to measure exactly. Instead of breaking out the scales and cups, compare food to real world objects like in this handy illustration.
We've mentioned using visual cues to measure serving sizes before, but the diagram above lays it out very clearly. It's easy to remember now to spread a pat of butter into a postage-stamp square on a piece of toast, for example.
Coupled with the chart for using your hand to estimate your portions, you now should have everything you need to master the art of estimating serving sizes.
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