The portion advice here is so important. I had a job where I travelled, and I immediately gained 20lbs because American portions were so insanely huge and I had

The portion advice here is so important. I had a job where I travelled, and I immediately gained 20lbs because American portions were so insanely huge and I had been trained by my parents to "eat everything on my plate". My new strategy is calorie counting and a hard rule that at a restaurant where you don't know what's in the food, small portions, eat half or a third of the meal and then immediately get it taken or boxed up so you don't pick on it while the social aspect of the meal is happening.