Did You Know? Your Plate Size Matters.

Did you know your plate size matters?

 

One simple way to exercise portion control in your home is to watch what size plate you use. Our home has dinner plates and salad plates. My salad plates are about 7.5" in diameter but my dinner plates are about 11" in diameter. Those extra inches beg to be filed with food that I inevitably will eat. In order to fill my whole plate and not overeat we use salad plates for most of our meals. This way your plate looks full and you utilize portion control.

 

 

 

 

"According to psychologist and eating-behavior expert Dr. Brian Wanksink, one of the simplest ways to lose weight is to eat off of a salad plate instead of the larger dinner plates because it helps control portions and overeating without dipping into your limited supply of willpower. (http://lifehacker.com/5828866/switch-to-salad-plates-for-better-portion-control, September 8, 2012)"