Health Insights

You’re Not Lazy, You’re Overwhelmed: How Smart Food Logging Can Help You Reclaim Control

You’re Not Lazy, You’re Overwhelmed: How Smart Food Logging Can Help You Reclaim Control

Posted by Portions Master on 10th Jul 2025

Let’s get something straight right now: you are not lazy. You are tired.  Maybe you’ve started dozens of health kicks, bought the journals, downloaded the apps, filled your fridge with kale, and still found yourself back at square one. It’s frustrating. It’s disheartening. And it’s easy to internalize the wrong message: that you just don’t have the willpowe …
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Date Night to Desk Lunch: How to Stay on Track Without Saying No to Life

Date Night to Desk Lunch: How to Stay on Track Without Saying No to Life

Posted by Portions Master on 9th Jul 2025

Let's be honest: you're not giving up tacos on Tuesdays, wine on Saturdays, or that office birthday cake that somehow shows up every week. You're not here to live on boiled chicken and Tupperware broccoli. You want results—but you also want a life. And guess what? You can have both. With the right tools (hello, Portions Master app) and a shift in perspective, balancing social life with your …
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Why Most Diets Fail and What to Do Instead

Why Most Diets Fail and What to Do Instead

Posted by Portions Master on 8th Jul 2025

You've probably been there. That surge of motivation to start a new diet. The strict grocery list. The perfect meal prep containers. The food scale that lives on your counter for about two weeks. Then life happens. You travel. You get stressed. You’re hungry. And the whole thing unravels. So why do most diets fail? Not because you’re lazy. Not because you lack discipline. They fail be …
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What Airlines, Movie Theaters, and Diets All Get Wrong About Portions

What Airlines, Movie Theaters, and Diets All Get Wrong About Portions

Posted by Portions Master on 7th Jul 2025

We've all been there: mindlessly working through a jumbo popcorn during a movie, finishing a tray of snacks on a plane simply because it's there, or following a diet plan that encourages oversized meals in the name of clean eating. Somewhere along the way, our internal sense of how much food is enough got lost. And it’s not entirely your fault. Industries have spent decades shaping our under …
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