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Food Portions and Serving Sizes

Sometimes all it takes to start losing weight is to simply get a handle on your portions. No new mom has time to weigh every thing she pops in her mouth; instead use this quick cheat sheet to avoid portion distortion.

By Cinya Burton

One serving of the Grains Group is a pancake. That pancake should be the size of a compact disc. It's okay to have more than one pancake. The Food Guide Pyramid recommends 6 to 11 servings of the Grains Group (Bread, Cereal, Rice and Pasta) daily. A rule of thumb is to pick a variety from each food group to meet your daily servings (in other words you don't want 6 pancakes to meet your Grain quota).

You can adjust servings according to your age and weight.

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