Would anyone eat a pound and a half of meat? I have always been taught to allow 4 ounces per person. Medical opinion here says, as a rule of thumb, your piece of meat should be no bigger that the back of hand, fingers not included, when you make a fist.
Having travelled extensively in the Meditteranean region, there are one or two things to understand about their diet. They eat little breakfast, usually only hot chocolate/coffee and maybe a roll, croissant or slice of bread. They tend to have one light meal, and some choose to eat this at lunch...