Are you wondering if you're eating too much or too little of some foods? Are you looking for an easy way to size up your portions and make healthier decisions about how much to eat? Then give yourself a hand. Using your hand as a tool can help you estimate different amounts of food and manage your portions, wherever you are. Try these handy tips to estimate your portions. Your fist is about one cup of food. Use your fist to estimate all kinds of foods, like cereal, salad, and yogurt. And even snack foods like popcorn, chips, and ice cream. You can also estimate one cup of milk or soy beverage. Use half your fist to estimate about half a cup of food. Here's how half a cup of rice? Pasta or fruit would look. How much pasta do you estimate is in this restaurant meal? That's about eight half cup servings. This dish is made for sharing. Use the palm of your hand to estimate protein-rich foods like chicken, beef, fish, pork, and turkey. The palm of your hand is about two and a half ounces of these foods. Be sure your portion is about the thickness of your pinky finger. How much steak do you think this is? That's about the size of two palms or five ounces. You can also use your hand to estimate foods like bread, bagels, or pitas. Use your thumb to estimate one tablespoon of foods like oil, margarine or butter, peanut butter, mayonnaise, and other sauces. For smaller portions of these foods, use your thumb tip to estimate one teaspoon. Hands come in all shapes and sizes, so here's a helpful tip. Measure out different foods using measuring cups and spoons. Then compare the amount to your hands and thumbs. That way you can do an even better job of estimating portions with your hands. Need more help estimating your portions? Check out our handy guide to serving sizes at eatrightontario.ca slash handy guide. To learn how to use your hand to estimate Canada's food guide serving sizes and compare them to the food portions you eat.