My biggest problem with dieting is portion control, bar none. When I first start a diet I'm faithful to measuring out every little thing. Eventually, however, I start to feel like I 'know' how much a cup is, and the measuring cup doesn't make it out of the cabinet. Measuring takes time, and it dirties an extra item. It's an easy step to skip.
So, a week or so ago when I didn't have any clean bowls left, I dug through our tupperware for a container that I could use. The one above is the one I found, and when I dumped my cup of cereal in it, it filled it exactly! So then I got excited. I poured half a cup of 1% milk in the container and marked a line where that was. Now this is my cereal bowl!
The line came off in the dishwasher, but it's a bit above halfway.
This particular container came from Kroger. Sometimes I buy containers of pre-cleaned fruit, and this was the smallest one.
We have a lot of these containers of different sizes. I have a few from cheese spreads that have lids. They're a cup size as well, but they're opaque, so I'll put soup or beans for lunch in them. One less step is one less step, right?
Now, you don't need to save every single container you get food in. Most of the tupperware we get at the grocery store has a capacity measurement written on the bottom, and definitely on the packaging. This may be in metric, but you can get out your smart phone and ask google to translate into cups. (I'd say to mark it on the container with a marker so you can see it better and remember, but my dishwasher will have none of that.)
There's another bonus to this that I haven't mentioned. Since these containers are exactly as small as they can be to accommodate your portion, you'll also be eating off of smaller plates, which many claim will trick your mind into thinking you're full sooner. Twofer!
What do you think? Am I the last person in the world to figure this out?
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