Aug 25, 2026 · 18 min · 6 segments
Can you eat big portions and lose weight, or do you need to eat less? This is a really good debate if you have a big appetite. Plus, how much have you spent on ice cream this summer? Send us a voice…
can you eat big portions and lose weight or do you need to eat less
Great.
Great question.
Victoria.
Yeah.
Now, I think it's sort of a bit of a trick question because it all depends what is on your plate.
So when, you know, I love a snacky plate for my lunch with my carrot, my hummus, my peppers, my olives, my cheese, like a good old mix.
Now that is a big plate full and it fills me up.
But the calories are really decent.
They're quite low, say 300 calories for the whole plate.
Now, you wouldn't get that really with much for it to fill you up quite.
It's like volume eating, isn't it? That's what it's called.
So yes, I think you can still eat big portions, but it depends what the big portion is of.
You wouldn't eat a whole plate of, say, cottage pie and still lose weight, I don't think.
But I want to.
Yeah, we all do, Paul.
It's got to
be cooked.
Right, okay.
You
can.
Yeah, so yes.
But you have to eat less chocolate.
You have to eat less sweets.
You have to eat less cakes.
can you eat big portions and lose weight or do you need to eat less
Great.
Great question.
Victoria.
Yeah.
Now, I think it's sort of a bit of a trick question because it all depends what is on your plate.
So when, you know, I love a snacky plate for my lunch with my carrot, my hummus, my peppers, my olives, my cheese, like a good old mix.
Now that is a big plate full and it fills me up.
But the calories are really decent.
They're quite low, say 300 calories for the whole plate.
Now, you wouldn't get that really with much for it to fill you up quite.
It's like volume eating, isn't it? That's what it's called.
So yes, I think you can still eat big portions, but it depends what the big portion is of.
You wouldn't eat a whole plate of, say, cottage pie and still lose weight, I don't think.
But I want to.
Yeah, we all do, Paul.
It's got to
be cooked.
Right, okay.
You
can.
Yeah, so yes.
But you have to eat less chocolate.
You have to eat less sweets.
You have to eat less cakes.
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