Trick or Treat: A portion control hack to enjoy favorite treats

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Let’s face it we cannot live without treats. Today we will figure out a portion control hack to enjoy favorite treats.

Trick or Treat: A portion control hack to enjoy favorite treats

Treat is often mistaken with snacks because of the way they are marketed. However, they are two separate things Treats refer to the cookies, candies and potato chips etc which you crave for, it simply add calories, sugar and salt to our diet. Did you know that small quantities of treat can be a part of a healthy diet? In portion control for weight loss we can enjoy our treats and still lose weight by limiting it to 120 calorie a day.  Let us dig into the trick to not indulge too much on our favorite candies or cookies etc.

The secret which works wonders is single-serving portion control. Get used to buying (or making) single-serving bags of treats (trick or treat bags) which ever you fall for and stick to eating just one bag at a time. Therefore, the next time you go to a store try buying individually packaged portion such as a little 100-calorie bag.

Sometimes it is difficult to find the treats you want in single-serving bags, try making your own single-serving bags which is both simple and economical. You can portion the big bag into smaller sandwich-size Ziploc baggies or small reusable containers and store them at out of sight place because out of sight out of mind. As grabbing multiple packets can be easy if it is right in front of you.

At first, the single- serving amount might seem tiny but over time your appetite and eyes will begin to adjust to smaller servings. Remember moderation rather than deprivation is a key to weight loss and this is a perfect portion control hack to enjoy favorite treats..

Comments

  1. UnknownApril 11, 2020 at 6:19 AM

    Love your advice! It is really hard for me to limit myself on treat because when I buy some, I finish the whole thing in a day! The single portion idea will help a lot

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  2. AnonymousApril 11, 2020 at 6:44 AM

    Good tip. Sometimes if I need to volume eat I'll just binge on popcorn :D

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  3. Stephanie VainerApril 13, 2020 at 8:51 AM

    wow this is exactly what I needed today. The last few days have been a bit rough for eating out of control.

    Stephanie | www.spvliving.com

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  4. Sayed WilliamsApril 15, 2020 at 7:42 AM

    I'm currently going through control problems too. I'm eating without any regards to calories. I'll keep your advice in mind.

    ReplyDelete

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