Rice, pasta, potatoes etc

[jetsetlil]

Hello, I was wondering what a healthy portion of the above is? I have just started SW and still finding my feet. I have done WW in the past which is portion controlled and so I can't seem to get my head round deciding for myself IYKWIM. How much is a sensible portion? Dried weight of poss please. Thanks

[ExplodingCarrots]

I follow SW and to be honest I don't measure any of the above. I just have as much as I like.

I've lost 2 stone.

[tabulahrasa]

I don't measure either...in fact that's why I do SW to start with.

As long as your third speed is there, no need to worry about it.

[jetsetlil]

Thanks for your replies. I suppose I am just not used to deciding for myself. WW was very strict about portion size. I must try to not be greedy

[ChessieFL]

The whole point of SW is that you're not measuring. As tabula said, your portion size should be naturally limited by making sure a third of your meal is speed. Put that third on the plate first then add your pasta/rice/potatoes. And stop eating when you're full, don't finish the plate if you're not hungry.

[GasLightShining]

Out of interest what weight of pasta would you have used if following weight watchers?

I am an ex weight watcher six weeks into slimming world. I do weigh my pasta or rice but it more about not have any leftovers rather than any other reason

Am loving nor having to weigh food and I can eat red meat without worrying that chicken has less points

[emwithme]

I don't measure per se but I do go by the "guidelines" on the packet.

However, I appear to occasionally turn into a family of 4.

[Twinklestar2]

100-150g rice
200g potatoes
100g dried pasta

[jetsetlil]

I used to have about 70g dried pasta and about 75g of rice on WW. Jacket potato was the size of my fist.

[Ragwort]

I am currently following SW have followed every diet plan in the world over the last forty years .

Generally I think SW is very good however I try not to 'overload' my plate with pasta, rice etc despite what SW says as I think part of my weight problem is that I never have an 'off' button - I can eat and eat just because I love food. I still have some Rosemary Conely portion pots which I find very helpful.

I have lost one stone 4 lbs in SW over 10 weeks.

[randomer]

when you have spent a life time dieting its quite hard to get your head round SW. its not about denial and misery.

PS still think meeting format is dire

[GasLightShining]

jetsetlil That's about what I would have had and then I would feel really deprived. I now have about 100/120g.

Although I said I weight to avoid waste I also weight to avoid eating the extra when I don't need to. As Ragwort* said - difficult with the off button!

I have lost 8.5lbs over 6 weeks but that was with a couple of weekends away and a meals out

[jetsetlil]

Some amazing losses!!! That's so encouraging. I will just keep my eye on the portion sizes to make sure I'm not being greedy which I am very guilty of

[BarbaraofSeville]

Some of the recommended SW portions are quite large (eg 100 g rice or pasta pp in a meal that also has a decent sized meat or fish portion and a load of veg). But you are supposed to fill up on free food so that you are not hungry.

You could use that as a starting point and leave some of the pasta if you are full, and cook less next time. Pasta is cheap and is no less wasted if you eat it when you are already full than it is if it goes in the bin.

[alphabettyspaghetty]

6 stone loss here. Never weigh anything except healthy extras. Pasta I can eat a mountain and still eat that mountain with a third veg. Hate weighing food

[calzone]

1/3 plate must be speed vegetables

[LadyMonicaBaddingham]

Oh! Thanks, calzone; my brain went into overdrive seeing "a third of your meal must be speed" -judgy pants wrongly hoiked about amphetamine diet pills--

[calzone]

Hahaha!!!!

[sjojolove]

Well 100 grams of rice and pasta it is like 400 calories which is a lot. And i dont like rice that much to eat it in that big portion.

I think 50 grams it's enough if you add some sauce, meat and veggies to it.

[Groovee]

I find 70g if rice too much. Find about 50g suits me better.

Pasta is usually 75-100g depending on what I am making.

If it’s a pasta bake it’s 75g as otherwise it doesn’t fit in my dish 😂.

Potatoes I don’t measure.

[jay95]

I don't measure the weight, just look at the size on the plate.
Baking potato - no bigger than fist.
Mashed potatoes (big, big weakness), don't add any fat and no more than one third of plate.
Chips - one or two medium potatoes, sprayed with one-cal spray fat, cooked in oven.
Roast - prepared like chips above but par-boiled first.
Rice and cous-cous - only boiled/made with water and no fat, no more than one third of plate and not too piled up.
Pasta ditto. Don't eat much of it, just with home-made tomato sauce or bolognese, because creamy sauces go so well with pasta and I'm off them!

[OwlinaTree]

I'm an ex ww too. I do 60g dried of pasta and rice, seems to be enough with a sauce including meat.