One portion of pasta!

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Just weighed out 2oz of uncooked pasta as one portion. No wonder I'm fat! My 6 year old eats more than that.

It does look more when it's cooked but I agree its shocking how small a portion is

Just weight till you weigh out 30g of cereal...

Just wait until you weigh out 30g of cereal...

I am always shocked at portion sizes, people don't really eat that amount do they?

I've done cereal but pasta! I'm going to be hungry tonight aren't I?

The packet says 50g for a starter, 75-100g for a main course. 50g is 2oz, near enough.

I read an article at the weekend about how huge our portions have become over the last 10/20 years. Even things like standard sized bread rolls/bagels have increased by around 20%

It brings it home to me when I bake fairy cakes. Made in the same tins my mum used to use and seen as an extravagant treat when I was a child. My DC think they're tiny and need to be eaten (at least) two at a time

I went to a museum yesterday and one of the things that dc and I noticed was how small the clothes were. In 1913, the average collar size was 14 inches

my pasta says 75g per portion and we try not to have much more than that (and then we cover it in sauce!)

I weighed it cooked and it was exactly 100g cooked. Game a 'full' portion to ds who looked at me with a 'and the rest' look.

Agree that 50g is starter, and you should be 75g raw weight.
Doesn't mean were not used to eating too much.

That's what we always have here - 2oz per person. It looks bigger when you cook it.
Why, how much have you been eating ?

I'm a bit embarrassed to tell you how much I've been eating. On average double it but we don't have pasta with creamy cheesy sauces so that's a small compensation I suppose.

I used to have 100- 125 g as a portion when I was anorexic..... It all depends what you put with it as if you have 100g with a vegetable sauce it's much lower calorie than50g with carbonara!

A hundred years ago most people didn't have enough to eat, so although we probably do eat too much, a comparison with 1913 wouldn't prove that.

I've just had sickness bug, only just started eating again. My
Stomach must have shrunk couldn't eat my normal
Size portion, so now gonna try and stick to smaller ones.

2 oz for me, 3 oz for large male family members, those are the standard portions in my house, diet or no diet.

40-50g dried weight or 100g cooked for me.

Goodness me, I'd have about 150g dried weight as a portion!

I used to have a lot more pasta than I should but now I stick to 75g and add lots of veg to bulk it up. If I pesto for example I stick loads of fried mushrooms and courgettes in plus brocolli and peas. Tastes better too I think :)