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The Reality of Supersized Portions
By: Scottsdale Weight Loss Center
Published: November 29, 2017
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One of the biggest benefits of working with a medical weight loss program is that so many of the smaller details are determined for you. This is the case especially when it comes to managing your healthy diet. When you first sign up for your weight loss program you will sit down with a nutritionist or weight loss doctor and review the types of foods that you typically eat, and the types of foods that you know you should be eating. Working with a weight loss expert in this way can clear up a lot of the misconceptions about what you should be eating every day to help you reach your weight loss goal.
But aside from determining what to eat, the second greatest mistake that is typically made when it comes to adjusting the diet is how much to eat. Sometimes, determining how much you should be eating is just as complicated as figuring out what items are okay.
Portions Fit for Weight Loss Success
A portion size refers to the amount of food that ought to be eaten in a single serving. All too often, when we load up our plates come dinnertime we are overloading them with food, serving up sometimes twice as much as is appropriate in a single portion.
What’s even worse is that many restaurants and food companies have caught on to this trend, and have started selling oversized portions to accommodate the desires of the consumer. This is how the standard 3” bagel that packed 140 calories, which was typical 20 years ago, is now a 6’ bagel that comes in at 350 calories.
Muffins, burgers, glasses of soda—so many of the staples of the US diet have grown to sometimes more than twice their original size, leaving many of us to eat almost twice as much come meal time.
The best thing that you can do to combat oversized portions is to become aware of how much is appropriate to eat and to be careful about limiting your portions to only what you need to eat to not feel hungry. Making small changes to your portion sizes can help you cut out extra calories from your diet, which will support your long-term weight loss goals.
Nick
Nick's Story
"I wish I would have come here first. We spend all our time reacting to the next great weight loss tip or program. It might work for a while, but does not last and we end up yo-yoing from one fad to the next – as we gain more weight." Read More
Gina
Lost 44.5 lbs
"I had no trouble adhering to the meals and they really helped catapult my progress! The classes were so beneficial to me because they helped change my thinking about how I viewed health, nutrition, and fitness.
I will always have my relationship with Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. They truly helped me change my life forever." Read More
Lauren
Lost 60 lbs
"Dr. Ziltzer and everyone who I have come in contact with at the Scottsdale Weight Loss office have been so encouraging and I look forward to seeing them each week. It is now a year and 2 months later since I started. I am down 60 lbs., which is the average amount a 9-year-old weighs, it is crazy to think I lost a whole person! I feel amazing, I hit my goal weight in November 2021 just before Thanksgiving. Nothing on my body hurts anymore..." Read More
Chuck
Lost 66 lbs
"The best thing I did was call the Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. I have a lot more energy, I'm not hungry, and it feels great.
You can take it from me that this is a program that produces results. The staff is always positive, supportive, and never judgmental.
Your visits always result in positive reinforcement, no matter if you had a good week or a bad week." Read More
Emily
Lost 101 lbs
"Here I am at the lowest I have been since high school weighing in at 155lbs. I have lost 101 lbs, BMI of 39 when I started, to 21.6, and of course at body fat % of 47.1 to 26.5%. I told myself by my 30th birthday I wanted to be confident in the way I look and I owe it all to SWLC. The entire staff is so welcoming and they are rooting for you just as much as you are rooting for yourself...." Read More
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Meet Our Team
Robert Ziltzer, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA
Obesity Medicine Certified Physician
Diana Bone, FNP-C
Specializing in Obesity Medicine
Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, MFOMA
Obesity Medicine Certified Physician
Kristen Ash, FNP-C, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Alicia Earley, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner
