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Is It Okay to Eat Pasta If I'm Trying to Lose Weight?

Is It Okay to Eat Pasta If I'm Trying to Lose Weight? (0:31)

Portion control is key to enjoying pasta, especially if you are watching your weight; adding vegetables to your meal can help. Watch registered dietitian Samantha Heller give helpful tips on how to make your pasta servings both hearty and healthy.

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Can you eat pasta and try to lose weight at the same time? Yes you can, trully one of the problems with pasta is we can eat a lot of it, so what you do is you take a portion of pasta say two thirds of a cup maybe a cup of cooked pasta and mix it with a lot of vegetables like zucchini and tomatoes and broccoli and carrots and make it just really delicious, you can throw in some [xx] or some tofu and that's going to be a really hearty meal you'll enjoy your pasta, but you're still monitoring that portion size.