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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I think the portion control piece is right, but it is really hard.

I am 5'7 and right now weight about 150. I would be happy at 140. I am quite active and really don't eat any junk.

But I am hungry - at lunch I want a big salad with protein and some soup. At dinner I am not anywhere close to full, eating 3-4 ounces of lean protein and a lot of veggies.

How do you ladies keep the portion sizes reasonable without being really hungry all the time?  [/quote]

I was the PP that first mentioned portion size above. A couple tricks that I did...

[list]I tailored my diet to cover my own cravings and weaknesses.  Specifically, although I am sure this is not standard, I "backloaded" my eating in the early "strict" weeks, because I just cannot handle going to bed hungry.  So I would eat a light breakfast, a bigger late lunch, a light dinner.  Then I would still have e.g. 200 calories for a night snack, which really helped tide me over.  I think figuring out how to "indulge" your own comfort eating is important when you are "resetting" your portions significantly.[/list]
[list]Tea or other caffeinated drinks.  It helps.[/list]
[list]Splitting lunch.  On my "big" meal, I would often split the amount from the outset (which I often purchased out - only for convenience), and would immediately stick the second half in the fridge.  I would totally allow myself to eat the second half after two hours, so I did not feel like I was deprived, which probably happened at least 50% of the time.  This helped because (1) Even when I ate both "halves," I got used to a more "normal" portion size, and (2) sometimes after 2 hours I found I really didn't want the other half.[/list]
[list]Semi-intermittent fasting.  With all the research showing that skipping meals is not actually detrimental, I would follow my hunger cues.  In particular, breakfast for me I could sort of take or leave some days.  If I wasn't really hungry I would just skip or do a handful of cashews and tea.[/list]
[list]Individual "fun" size for junk.  If you have to get a hit, those mini bags are a good way of doing it.  For some reason we had a leftover box of skittles fun packs in the house, and it was the ideal cheat b/c it was pure crap but very limited in amount.[/list]

*Note.  I am not AT ALL suggesting the above as healthy eating techniques in and of themselves.  Quite the opposite.  I think these are just a crutch for the month or two necessary to get used to significantly smaller/more reasonable portions.  Now that I've lost the weight and am just maintaining (and have slightly higher calories as well), I am really fine with the smaller portions and can eat more "normally." [/quote]

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