Portion Control Plates?

[tiffanytwilight]

Anyone use certain plates to help with their portions?

[Joe Poppa]

Buy yourself a smaller plate or two if you only have the large dinner plates. Also, pick up one with a design around the top and keep your food below it to make your portion look bigger.

I am in the cream of wheat, yogurt, creamed soups (no chunks), etc. phase for another 2 weeks, but I found putting those items in a small bowl makes them look like a lot.

[Ann2]

My surgeon's office actually gave me one of those little plates painted to show proportions of protein, veggies, and other carbs. It's sort of cute. I've used it once. Sure wouldn't take it out to a restaurant, but I'll use it here at home when I'm eating real food again to retrain my eyeballs.

[Feather370]

I always eat off a side plate - I find it helps me mentally instead of seeing a 3/4 empty big plate. For my bowls, I have bought small ramekins to eat out of. I find it helps me immensely!

[Metread]

I use a salad plate

[julesdeck]

I do the same thing Feather does plus I bought a couple of Bento Boxes for work and the weekend outings. Really helps!!

[Chunky]

I'm on puréed and use ramekins. They are meant for sauce. But a 1/4 cup of food fits great... About 2oz.

[WayLessInNH]

I like to use a saucer (the kind with a ring in the middle to set the teacup in). I use that ring in the middle to figure my protein portion. Then if I can finish that then I can have a bit of veggie and/or carbs that I also have on the outer rim of the plate.

[Truffles]

Here's a link to a post I wrote about portion control using smaller plates (from February 2014):

http://www.gastricsleeve.com/forum/m...tml#post407788

[halfofme]

my NUT told me to get baby size spoon and fork and sippie cups because they will only let you have so much at a time. Dollar tree has ramakins 3 for a dollor and a pack of freezer containers a 2 oz 12 in a pack. Wal-mart has portion cups with lids that are about 2 oz.
I hope this will help

[tinman]

my NUT told me to get baby size spoon and fork and sippie cups because they will only let you have so much at a time. Dollar tree has ramakins 3 for a dollor and a pack of freezer containers a 2 oz 12 in a pack. Wal-mart has portion cups with lids that are about 2 oz.
I hope this will help




Do you plan on taking your baby sized plates and baby sized utensils to work, restaurants, ball parks, picnics, wedding receptions, cook outs, etc for the rest of your life?

Instead of investing in stuff you can't use for the rest of your life, try investing in learning what full feels like. If you will learn that, you will have mastered the art of not over eating.

If you don't over eat, you lose weight.

I'm not trying to be ugly, but, you will need to learn how to say no without visual aids. The sooner you do that, the sooner you will benefit.

If you find that eating less makes you hungry more often, then eat more often. Just eat less at each sitting. I eat five times a day. There are those who only eat twice a day. Some eat 6 or 7 times a day.

Truth is, the sooner you divest yourself of the crutches, the sooner you will take full ownership and the sooner you will lose and stay thin.

[12NVDiva]

I use my saucer plates or the ones that you place your tea cups on

[SkinnyBitchToBe]

I think the CRUTCHES are just a good as training wheel,s when you learn to ride a bike. I was at a health fair this weeke. nd and asked the chef if he would give me some of the dishes they hand out food samples to. They are about 2.5" square

[annb2]

I figured by the time I get to solid food ,I'll use my grandkids dinnerware. I'll be dining with the little mermaid

[denzel]

As a tool, for day-to-day use at home, I think that the bariatric portion plates and bowls are great.
I also have the book: "Portion Perfection for Bariatrics. Seeing is Believing" by Amanda Clark. I bought that and the bariatric bowl and plate at a visit pre-op at the dieticians.

They bowls and plate can also be used to measure foods to place into a suitable container for all those times when you take your own food such as work, ball parks, picnics, cook outs etc.

I use these for visual learning, as I am like the majority of the population, and am a visual learner.
I also use ramekins and small bread and butter plates, and eat soft foods with a teaspoon.

They are a tools which addresses three common issues:
1. Portion size
How much we eat depends largely on how much food we have on our plates or in the snack-food packet. Portion control is a valuable tool to add to your surgery.

2. Nutritional balance
Getting the right things for a balanced diet on your plate is easy with the plate system.

3. Eating awareness
By being fully aware of what you are eating, and eating in a 'conscious' way, you will find satisfaction for your mind as well as your stomach.

The Bariatric Plate is designed to hold approx. 200-250 Cals when the base is filled to a depth of 2 cm, keeping the rim of plate free from food.
When the plate is filled all the way to the edge, 2 cm deep, it is approximately 350 Cals.

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