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"When faced with equivalently unhealthy meals, dining out has the advantage of automatic portion control." Portions in restaurants are way too big. After a whi
by maxxxxx 8y ago
"When faced with equivalently unhealthy meals, dining out has the advantage of automatic portion control."
Portions in restaurants are way too big. After a while this totally skews your perception of appropriate amounts of food.
- flyinghamster 8y agoNo kidding there, and more than once it has bitten me. Spend enough time eating restaurant meals, and a sane portion size soon seems way too small, unless you're disciplined enough to chop your portions in half and bring the rest home. Pay-by-the-weight buffets (as opposed to all-you-can-eat) seem to offer me the best way to control portions and get a variety of healthy things to eat without the prep hassle, but it still costs a good deal more than it does for me to make my own meals.
- ip26 8y agoFrom my broke college student mentality, they are too small for what you pay. You want twenty bucks for three hundred calories?
- nicolashahn 8y agoThat depends on your activity level. When I was working out 5x a week, I'd want two of the most calorie-packed things on the menu.
- maxxxxx 8y agoSure. I'd venture a guess that maybe 1% of restaurant users have the problem of needing as many calories as possible. Everybody else needs much less.