Portion/diet plate - anyone had any success with one of these?

[Inkpotlover]

2023 is the year I WILL lose weight because it's starting to impact my health. Looking at my diet, I eat fairly healthily but I eat far too much – my portions are probably three times what they need to be. After reading an interesting article yesterday about how dinner plates have supersized in line with obesity levels over the decades – from about 20in in the 1950s to an average 28-30in now – I was thinking of ordering a portion control plate to see if that helps me reframe how much food I need. Has anyone else has used one and have you lost weight doing so?

Bumping this. Anyone?

You don't need a portion plate , just buy a smaller one. You need bigger than a side plate , possible called a salad plate and then just have the self control not to like it high. packet
If you eat cereal for breakfast , surprise yourself by actually weighing out the portion it gives on the side of the packet , which is usual about 30g . It's tiny !
Good luck on your weight loss journey.

I agree with PP. I'd make the portion size reasonable when cooking it, not when serving it up. Breakfast cereal was an eye opener to me, but now porridge with 30g oats seems quite reasonable, and I choose an appropriately sized bowl for it.

When it comes to other meals, having half the plate non starchy veg is a good rule of thumb. Although I still don't like kale ..

I find mine helpful. In particular it's good as I can be like oh actually more veggies needed here and add a few extra veggie. However the best thing I have done is put serving scoops in things. Like we have a jar of nuts. It has a 1/4 scoop in it. Then I know I have the right amount.

Thought I'd update this. I did buy an actual portion plate in the end and it's been a game-changer! I now eat far smaller portions and still feel full – I think it must be a psychological mind trick, in that the plate looks so full I sometimes struggle to finish! I've lost 4lbs since the beginning of January and it doesn't fee like I'm on a diet. Best of all, I'm not obsessing about food – I have what I want, as long as it fits on the plate!

30g is too small. I need 100g to not feel hungry. Then it is loaded with fruit and a small bit of chocolate and is around 700-800kcal and protein powder.

@S70V12 different amounts for different people I guess. 100g of oats with 480ml of milk would feed two men in our house (more than half a litre of porridge total) and that includes an apple or two chopped into it. I now use 30g with 200ml water and half an apple or banana and that keeps me fine for 4 hours but I don't have a physical job.

@Inkpotlover - which plate did you buy?
I'd like to give this a try I think.

I went for this one, but there are loads of others. I just really liked the design of it.

I could manage 50g at a push but not 100g. Do you do a lot of exercise to off-set all the calories?

3X gym full body training per week
3X 45 min cycling per week
supposed to do 12k steps per day but not been doing it lately the steps

I just use water and boil it in kettle. Is quicker and lower calories than milk.

I might invest in a portion plate. I’ve been thinking of getting one for a while. I’m not one for snacking so if I get my main meals under controls should help me with calorie deficit.

100g of oats is a lots. I have a really bit appetite but i eat 40-60g. I think the recommended serving size is 40g but oats is so healthy - there’s worse things to overeat.

@S70V12 I'm lazy and make porridge using 1/2 cup oats and 1 cup of milk for my family and I have 1/3 cup and 2-3 1/3 cups, sometimes all milk, sometimes water or a mix. Definitely quicker if you use water from the kettle not milk from the fridge..

Completely agree there are worse things to eat more of - the porridge comes half way up DS2's bowl and he's happy with that, but if he has regular cereal he fills the bowl and if you measure that it's closer to 100g while a 30g serving looks tiny.

It definitely is all about getting your eye in and working out what a decent portion is and not filling your plates - I completely get OPs initial comment but I know if I just cook and serve up I'll make too much and I hate food waste so I'll just have seconds!

I got mine because while I do eat fairly healthily – cook from scratch, lots of veg, fairly decent balance of carbs vs protein – my servings are far too big and because I am a snacker too it adds up to a lot of daily calories. So far, it's definitely working! I seem to have fallen into a rhythm of eating little but often, so six or seven small meals a day. It means I'm not getting so ravenously hungry that I mindlessly binge, which is what happens when I've previously tried (and failed) to lose weight.

I completely get OPs initial comment but I know if I just cook and serve up I'll make too much and I hate food waste so I'll just have seconds!

I have a partner who hoovers up the leftovers! 😂

I usually use weighing scales as is accurate. It is quite hard to eyeball portions and know how many grams unless you been weighing it for a while. Most of the other cereals tend to be laden with sugar. Quite like porridge or Lizi high protein granola. I like others but just don’t eat them any more much.

I'm guilty of big portions, especially cereal, pasta, rice. I weigh my cereal now - have 40/45g porridge with half milk/water and berries.
I've been thinking of getting one of those plates for a while so may also invesf.

I'm a convert. It's been quite an eye opener in terms of carb portions. I had some fresh rice noodles with a stir-fry yesterday - normally I'd eat half a packet's worth but the portion plate reduced it to about a fifth. I still felt full afterwards though and on the plate it looked like a lot!