Size Matters: Your Guide to Healthy Portion Sizes

Pasta

Standard size: 3 cups, cooked
Better-for-you size: 1 cup, cooked

Calorie difference: 440

Lessen plan

Many restaurants, including Olive Garden and BJ's, offer lunch- or half-size portions. Don't see a smaller serving on the menu? "Ask to be given just one cup of pasta and have the rest boxed up before it's brought to the table," suggests Marge Condrasky, RD, an associate professor at Clemson University. "Special requests are pretty standard nowadays, and most waiters are happy to accommodate them."