Food Portion Examples

Hi All,

Just wanted to revisit the whole portion control thing cos at the moment I'm eating really weirdly... why, cos I'm tighter than a cats bum! hehe Love that analogy! Anyhoo, just want to give you all an example of what I am eating at the moment. Bare in mind that I am approx 8.8mL full at the moment. For all of you who don't know what that means, it means that I have 8.8mL of saline injected into my 10mL band.

I'm going to list the ingredients in my meal, the time taken to eat it, the "level of difficulty" that is, what my band thinks of the meal and the number of spews (if any!!!)

Breakfast

Boiled Eggs and Soldiers

1 egg

1/2 slice of Bergen Pumkin Bread

5g Olive oil spread

1 tea (drunk before the meal)

Time taken: 30-45mins

Level of Difficulty: 5/10

Number of Spews: 0

Lunch

Cous Cous Salad with Tuna

1 750mL bottle water (drunk before)

1/4 cup cous cous

1 slice eggplant, sliced

1/2 tomato, sliced

10g finely cut up spanish onion

50g feta

Half can of Lemon Tuna

lemon juice, salt, pepper

Time taken: 60 mins

Level of Difficulty: 8.5/10 (eggplant was difficult to eat, feta and cous cous was relatively easy)

Number of Spews: 1 (I stopped eating the eggplant after that and it went down a bit easier)

Afternoon tea

1 shortbread biscuit

2 tea with skim milk, no sugar (drunk after)

Time taken: 10mins

Level of Difficulty: 1/10

Number of Spews: 0

Dinner

Chow Mein Mince with Bok Choy

Diet Cordial: drunk before and after the 2nd spew

Size was approx 2 tablespoons of the mince mix and 1 slice of bok choy

Time Taken: 20 mins

Level of Difficulty: 8/10

Number of Spews: 2

I also have waiting for me in the fridge a diet jelly (125mL) topped with a tablespoon of fresh mango and a tablespoon of ice magic. Which will probably go down quite easily, but take around 10 mins to eat. Here is a photo of my concoction! YUM!

Hopefully you can see the teaspoon next to it to see how big (or small) the dessert is!

Will definitely start taking more photos of my food portions... other bloggers have inspired me!

Cheers,

LBG xx