Tiny Bowls

Yo. Before I forget I want to remind you that today is the last day to enter my peeled snacks giveaway. I just ate some more of the dried pineapple and that alone is a reason to enter. I'll announce the winner tomorrow and you'll be on your way to enjoying your own peeled snacks :)

So how was everyone's Thursday? Obviously not as good as tomorrow is going to be because tomorrow is Friday :) I squeezed in a quick bike ride after work this afternoon because it was nice out and I didn't have tutoring so I figured get on the bike while I can. It was a bit of a different experience than at the Cape because I was on a bike trial, but I actually had to clip in and out more often because of all the cross streets. I ALMOST wiped out at a real bad intersection but I managed to not totally panic and get one of my feet out of the clip. Yay. I also managed to get my Garmin to say the MPH, thanks Marlene! I was basically going anywhere from 11mph-17mph depending on whether I was going downhill or uphill, unfortunately there is not a ton of completely flat roads around me. I had to brave my MASSIVE hill at the end of the ride. Last year because of my knee I used to walk up this hill but with the clipless shoes, there is really no walking haha so I just had to push it out. Hopefully my knee will not be too unhappy about it later.

On another note, I've been thinking a lot about portion size this week. I've made several unsuccessful attempts to limit my ice cream intake during the week and I decided this week I have to either ban ice cream from my house or try a new method. Clearly banning ice cream from the house two days after I bought 3 gallons of ice cream is not really going to fly so, the solution? tiny bowls from Anthropologie.

It might look big but...don't let it fool you, they are tiny bowls :)

Anyway, this is now what my ice cream goes into. It's working well so far- I haven't gone back once for seconds :)

In some ways I am not surprised this method is working for me because probably my number 1 "get healthy" or "be healthy" tip is to control portion size. Sure you want to eat foods that are big but low in calories, but you can basically eat anything in moderation while still being healthy, you just have to pay really close attention to serving size.

Other ways to control portion size are small plates, small forks, small zip lock bags etc. I almost never use a normal size plate or fork for my dinner, I like to fill up my small plate :)

How do you control your portion sizes? Do you believe in eating almost anything in small portions?

I also got to meet Melissa from Crunches for Cupcakes and Lauren from Eater Not A Runner tonight at Berry Freeze in Brookline. It was delicious and I have pictures but you'll have to wait until tomorrow because I have a few things to do before bed and I have to get into work extra early tomorrow morning- but at least it's Friday :) Any awesome plans for the weekend?