Visualize food portion sizes
Are you a visual person? If so, you definitely need to check out Dr. Shapiro's Picture Perfect weight loss plan at http://pictureperfectweightloss.com/
I just love these books, because they're full of absolutely gorgeous pictures of foods, demonstrating how we can eat - and enjoy - far larger portions of foods that are naturally lower in fats and sugars than junk foods, fast foods, and convenience foods.
What would you rather eat:
- one 4.5 ounce black and white cookie; or 2 frozen yogurt cones, 2 cups of fresh fruit, 6 hard candies, and 8 chocolate mint sticks? Both have 640 calories.
- 8 ounces General Tso's chicken (620 calories) or 12 ounces scallops and Chinese vegetables in black bean sauce (320 calories)?
- 1 large soft pretzel, or 11 pretzel rods, or 3 knishes or 3 cups of fresh fruit salad with 2 ounces of peanuts? All options have 470 calories.
Shapiro not only describes these meals, he photographs them in vivid real-life color. He simply recommends eating more lower calorie foods that have higher volume so we feel full. Thinking before we eat makes a whole lot of sense, especially if we can visualize our meals.
I just love these books, because they're full of absolutely gorgeous pictures of foods, demonstrating how we can eat - and enjoy - far larger portions of foods that are naturally lower in fats and sugars than junk foods, fast foods, and convenience foods.
What would you rather eat:
- one 4.5 ounce black and white cookie; or 2 frozen yogurt cones, 2 cups of fresh fruit, 6 hard candies, and 8 chocolate mint sticks? Both have 640 calories.
- 8 ounces General Tso's chicken (620 calories) or 12 ounces scallops and Chinese vegetables in black bean sauce (320 calories)?
- 1 large soft pretzel, or 11 pretzel rods, or 3 knishes or 3 cups of fresh fruit salad with 2 ounces of peanuts? All options have 470 calories.
Shapiro not only describes these meals, he photographs them in vivid real-life color. He simply recommends eating more lower calorie foods that have higher volume so we feel full. Thinking before we eat makes a whole lot of sense, especially if we can visualize our meals.
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