How to use portion control in your life

For a vegetable, a small baked potato should be the size of a computer mouse.

For a vegetable, a corn on the cob should be the length of a pencil.

For a vegetable, mashed potatoes should be the size of a lightbulb.

For a vegetable, you can have a serving of broccoli the size of a baseball.

For grains and breakfast, a bagel should be the size of a can of tuna.

For meat, a steak should be the size and width of a deck of cards.

For meat, with chicken it is the same as steak, the size and width of a deck of cards.

For fruit, an appropriate serving size is an apple the size of a baseball.

For fruit, a serving size of strawberries is equal to the size of a baseball.

A serving size of fresh blueberries is the same size as a lightbulb.

The needed amount of butter per serving is the size and width of a poker chip.

For olive oil one serving size, or one tablespoon, is the size of a poker chip.

For dessert, a slice of chocolate cake it the size of a deck of cards.

For mixed foods, a sub with meat, cheese, and vegetables should be the size of a calculator.

For pasta with vegetables and a sauce the perfect size is the portion size of a baseball.

For a slice of pizza, it should be the size of two dollars.

For a sandwich with meat and cheese the appropriate size should be the size and width of two decks of cards.

For dairy, the correct size of cheese is three cubes the size of dice for children and six cubes for adults.