Thankfully, many associations provide methods for consumers to follow that allow for easier portion control. Precision Nutrition offers an easy guide to properly portioning your food by measuring with your hand.
Experts suggest chewing each bite 30 times to really savor it, and to put your fork down in between bites to elongate your mealtime. You can go for seconds if you’re still hungry after 20 minutes.
Research from the American Diabetes Association suggests thinking through a series of questions: What did it take to bring this food to you? Who grew this food? Who cooked it?
While eating during work can seem efficient, experts at Harvard Health said it distracts you from understanding how full you are, causing you to overeat and feel uncomfortably full later.