Problem: Article: Serve yourself the amount you'd normally eat and measure it.  This will give you a definitive amount that you're consuming.  Are you eating 5 oz of chicken, 1 cup of salad and 1 cup of rice?  Understanding how big or small your normal portion sizes are can help you figure out how you're going to decrease their size.  Purchase a food scale or a set of measuring cups so you can accurately determine how much you're eating.  These are also great tools to keep you on track long term with your smaller portions. Really analyze how much you're consuming at each meal.  Then, think about which parts you could reduce without diminishing your enjoyment of it. Many studies have shown that the larger sized dishes and serving utensils you use, the more food you consume.  Avoid this slip up by purchasing smaller plates and bowls and using a soup spoon instead of larger serving spoons.  Use an appetizer or salad sized plate for your entrees.  These are a great size for small portions. Try using the salad fork or a toddler fork to help decrease the amount of food per bite.  This will slow you down and force you to take your time with your meals. Keep using a large water glass to help you consume a good quantity of water throughout your meal.  This can also help keep your portions smaller. Keeping a food journal can give you a lot of insight into your eating habits.  You can keep track of the types of foods you eat, the portions and your progress over time.  Journaling can also give you insight to when and what times you're hungry.  Knowing this information can help you plan ahead for a snack. You may also be able to notice eating and mood patterns.  Maybe most of the time you eat an appropriate portion, but when you're stressed portion sizes increase.  This is good information to help plan for portion control. Buy a journal that's pretty and you will get excited about using.  Having something you enjoy writing in can help make sure that you stay consistent. Check in with yourself throughout the day and rate your hunger level.  Allowing yourself to get too hungry may lead to overeating at your next meal.  It's much harder to stick to smaller portions if you're feeling completely famished.  If you notice yourself getting hungry in the afternoon and you know dinner isn't until later in the evening, have a snack.  A small snack can help tide you over until your next eating time and may prevent overeating later. Try to choose a snack that has lean protein and produce (fruit or vegetable).  This healthy combination will keep you satisfied longer compared to a carbohydrate based snack.  Examples include: a low-fat cheese stick and a small apple, 2 tbsp of peanut butter and celery sticks or 1/4 cup of hummus and carrots. Start your day off with a good breakfast.  Eating breakfast has been shown to help you control your appetite throughout the day which may make it easier for you to stick to small portions.  Ideally, include some lean protein and a fruit or vegetable for a more complete meal.  For example, you might have scrambled eggs with vegetables, whole grain oatmeal with fruit or greek yogurt with fruit. Breakfast can be any time of day.  However, try to eat within an hour or so from when you first wake up.
Summary: Measure how much you eat. Buy smaller silverware and utensils. Start journaling. Rate your hunger level. Eat breakfast every day.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: There is no great mystery to talking to women. Women are just people and the most comfortable way for you to talk to them, as well as the way that makes them the most receptive, is for you to talk to them the same way you'd talk to anyone else. By just practicing and learning to talk to strangers in general, you'll build up pretty much all of the skills that you need to approach and talk to women successfully. The more you talk to random strangers, the less anxiety you will experience and soon you will realize "Hey, it's not a big deal!" A lot of guys (and even some women) will make it out that you need to use particular phrases, tricks, or manipulative behaviors in order to talk to and get women, but what they're prescribing only gets the attention of weird women that you don't want to deal with anyway. You don't have to be or make yourself 'traditionally attractive'. The thing is, when you wear clothes that look bad on you when you don't shower or wear deodorant, when you don't take care of your body, you communicate to other people (women especially!) that you don't think you're worth taking care of or putting effort into. If you don't think you're worth loving, then why should she, you know? Smell is especially important. A guy that smells off can quickly take on a creeper vibe. Wear good deodorant, clean clothes, and a very mild cologne or body spray. If you want to increase your chances of talking to her successfully, it's a good idea to watch her for a little while and use some careful analysis to figure out how you should and shouldn't talk to her. See what you can figure out about her by looking at her.  Is she wearing a particularly nice item or one that looks handmade? It might make a good source for a compliment. Is she dressed very conservatively? She may be trying to reduce the chances of a guy flirting with her, so be more subtle in your approach. Once she notices you looking, you’re either going to be “confident” or “creepy,” so be confident and approach her or find a way to buy yourself time without building your creep factor.  If she sees you but you're not ready to go over, give her a smile (maybe a wink), and look away bashfully. She'll know you think she's cute, but she won't think you're weird.    {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/b\/b1\/Approach-Women-Anywhere-Step-3Bullet2.jpg\/v4-460px-Approach-Women-Anywhere-Step-3Bullet2.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/b\/b1\/Approach-Women-Anywhere-Step-3Bullet2.jpg\/aid947901-v4-728px-Approach-Women-Anywhere-Step-3Bullet2.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"546","licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>License: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons<\/a><br>\n<\/p><p><br \/>\n<\/p><\/div>"} Certain situations just won't be conducive to getting a woman interested in you (serious settings, like business meetings). Others will get you treated as a creeper by default (public transport). Go for areas which are in public and as open as possible. If a lady is too busy feeling cornered and trapped, she's just not going to be open to how charming you really are. Few things shout, "I pick up any woman I can" quite like a wing man. If a woman feels like you're just taking any fish that will bite, she won't be interested because she won't feel special. Go in alone. This act of bravery shows that you are interested enough in her specifically to tough it out. Don't be intimidated by a woman that's out with her friends. Being nice and chatty with her friends but clearly interested in her will be flattering. You want to date a woman with good friends, and good friends will always want to see their friend get with a nice guy.
Summary:
Practice talking to strangers. Put some work into how you look and smell. Observe the woman before you approach her. Carefully choose your setting. Approach without a wing man.