Healthy Weight Loss

[Kelt]

Originally Posted by Daktari

My version of a plate diet is to use a side-plate, not a full-size dinner plate.

It comes from many moons ago when I was teaching m'self to eat in public again...after years of anorexic/bulimic hiding away and refusing to eat with people.

Smaller plates/bowls is something I adopted when I started my weight loss 3 years ago and I still eat this way. I find it a lot more satisfying (mentally) to have a big heaping plate and know that I get all of it than to have a small pittance on a giant (American sized) plate.

I got mine very inexpensively open stock at an Ikea store.

American plates are now 11-12 inches, euro 7-9. Mine are 7.

My grandmothers china has 8 inch dinner plates. That is how much things have changed in a short time. No wonder we eat more, and we are a lot less active.

Originally Posted by Kelt

Smaller plates/bowls is something I adopted when I started my weight loss 3 years ago and I still eat this way. I find it a lot more satisfying (mentally) to have a big heaping plate and know that I get all of it than to have a small pittance on a giant (American sized) plate.

I got mine very inexpensively open stock at an Ikea store.

American plates are now 11-12 inches, euro 7-9. Mine are 7.

My grandmothers china has 8 inch dinner plates. That is how much things have changed in a short time. No wonder we eat more, and we are a lot less active.

Really, US dinner plates are so much bigger?
Not sure where you got those figures but I've never seen a dinner plate quite that small on my visits to various European places.

Your figures have just spurred me to measure the various styles of dinner plates I have. They range from 10in with 7in usable space to 11in with 8in usable space. I don't count the 'rims' as usable. These are a 'normal' size over here in my experience.

My larger side plates are 8in with 6.5in usable space and the smaller ones 7in with 5.5in usable. These are a perfect size for what mates call my 'bird' portions. cheep-cheep-quack!

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Daktari

Really, US dinner plates are so much bigger?
Not sure where you got those figures but I've never seen a dinner plate quite that small on my visits to various European places.

Your figures have just spurred me to measure the various styles of dinner plates I have. They range from 10in with 7in usable space to 11in with 8in usable space. I don't count the 'rims' as usable. These are a 'normal' size over here in my experience.

My larger side plates are 8in with 6.5in usable space and the smaller ones 7in with 5.5in usable. These are a perfect size for what mates call my 'bird' portions. cheep-cheep-quack!

US plates are humongous ! i prefer to use really small, like a salad plate, and enjoy a second 'serving' ...

Originally Posted by girl_dee

US plates are humongous ! i prefer to use really small, like a salad plate, and enjoy a second 'serving' ...

A salad plate? You don't just have a dinner and side plates? Jeepers! I don't think they taste any different on a dedicated plate.

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Daktari

A salad plate? You don't just have a dinner and side plates? Jeepers! I don't think they taste any different on a dedicated plate.

But there's so much more!

Slide down to the bottom to see an actual photo/video.

[Kelt]

Hey all

I thought I would put up another "snippet"
This is mostly common knowledge but it never hurts to have a quick reminder
Negative energy balance is burning more that you take in for fat loss
with a focus on losing fat, not just 'weight'

HOW TO CREATE A NEGATIVE ENERGY BALANCE

1. Build muscle with weight training (about 5 hours of total exercise each week) and proper nutrition
2. Create muscle damage with intense weight training
3. Maximize post workout energy expenditure by using high intensity exercise
4. Regular program change to force new stimuli and adaptations
5. Boost non-exercise physical activity
6. Increase thermic effect of feeding by increasing unprocessed food intake
7. Eat at regular intervals throughout the day
8. Eat lean protein at regular intervals throughout the day
9. Eat vegetables and/or fruit at regular intervals
10. Incorporate omega-3 fats
11. Incorporate multiple exercise modes
12. Stay involved with “life” outside of exercise and nutrition
13. Sleep 7-9 hours each night
14. Don’t engage in extreme diets for risk of long-term overcompensation
15. Stay consistent with habits
16. Ignore food advertising

I wish I could link out to the source material, but these snips are from a private site and I cannot. It is a credible source.

[Mopsie]

*Raises hand*

Umm... can you explain the two I bolded?

And thanks for posting this!

Originally Posted by Kelt

Hey all

I thought I would put up another "snippet"
This is mostly common knowledge but it never hurts to have a quick reminder
Negative energy balance is burning more that you take in for fat loss
with a focus on losing fat, not just 'weight'

HOW TO CREATE A NEGATIVE ENERGY BALANCE

1. Build muscle with weight training (about 5 hours of total exercise each week) and proper nutrition
2. Create muscle damage with intense weight training
3. Maximize post workout energy expenditure by using high intensity exercise
4. Regular program change to force new stimuli and adaptations
5. Boost non-exercise physical activity
6. Increase thermic effect of feeding by increasing unprocessed food intake
7. Eat at regular intervals throughout the day
8. Eat lean protein at regular intervals throughout the day
9. Eat vegetables and/or fruit at regular intervals
10. Incorporate omega-3 fats
11. Incorporate multiple exercise modes
12. Stay involved with “life” outside of exercise and nutrition
13. Sleep 7-9 hours each night
14. Don’t engage in extreme diets for risk of long-term overcompensation
15. Stay consistent with habits
16. Ignore food advertising

I wish I could link out to the source material, but these snips are from a private site and I cannot. It is a credible source.