Food Portion Control Made Easy
The Diet Plate® allows you to measure by sight the portions of protein, carbohydrates, vegetables, dairy and fat needed in your daily diet to enable weight loss. If you require some guidance on what falls into each of these food groups the Food Pyramid will assist:
The levels from top (smallest) to bottom (largest) are as follows:
Fats & Oils
Sugars
Protein and Dairy products
Fruits and Vegetables
Carbohydrates
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| The Diet Plate contains a section to fill with Protein products (Lean beef, chicken or fish for example) and carbohydrates (such as potatos, corn or beans). | Once these sections have been served, the remaining plate can be filled with a mix of unlimited vegetables. |
The Diet Plate also allows for different types meals to be served. The sauce circle allows for accurate measurement of combination meals such as curry and rice, spaghetti bolognaise or beef stroganoff, using the carbohydrate section to measure rice or pasta and the sauce circle to measure the sauce including protein.
The portion control plate has other unique markings such as affirmations, a cheese measure and tape dividers clearly indicating the boundary for measurement of Protein and Carbohydrates.
Measured Sections Explained – Portion Control
Protein
Included in this section are all meats and oily fish within the boundary shown by the tape measure.
The Female and Childs plate allows 60 – 90 grams of protein.
The Male plate allows125 – 150 grams of protein.
Carbohydrates
In this section should be filled with one or a combination of potatoes, peas, corn, parsnips, butter beans, noodles, rice, naan bread, maize, lentils and pasta with the boundary also shown by the tape measure.
The Female and Child version allows 90 – 125 grams of carbohydrate.
The Male version allows 180 – 225 grams of carbohydrate.
Outer Ring
The rice or pasta ring, which is the outside circle, and the centre circle for sauce operate differently. They are for combination meals which include rice or pasta and an accompanying sauce. The ring is not a measure as you will have previously measured the rice or pasta in the carbohydrates section.
Combination Meals
Fill the carbohydrate section with pasta or rice as you normally would to measure the correct portion size.
Move the correct portion of carbohydrate to the ring marked RICE OR PASTA, leaving the centre sauce circle empty.
Next fill the SAUCE CIRCLE with the sauce which includes any protein content e.g. fish, meat, chicken etc. It is important to keep the portion within the circle to measure the portion correctly for weight loss. It is calibrated to calculate calories content including calories from meat, cream, cheese or wine as well as processed sauces.
The Female version will give 60 – 90 grams of the recipe.
The Male version will give 125 – 150 grams of the recipe.
The Child’s version is the same as the female. (What the? Grams of what?)
Once measurements of carbohydrates and sauce is completed, you can move the entire meal to one side and fill the plate with vegetables or salad, ignoring the measurement markings for this food group. Feel free to also use a side dish for additional salad.
Diet Plate Calorie Controlled Breakfast Bowl
Effective Portion Control For Breakfast
The design for the Calorie Controlled Breakfast Bowl came about through the need to deal with ‘muesli jag’ – The well meaning wholesome grains and dried fruits seem so good for you but be warned, a normal serve of museli contains nearly 600 calories, nearly half the daily recommended calorie allowance!
The idea of developing the Diet Plate Calorie Controlled Breakfast Bowl was from a desire to be able to measure correct portions of any cereal for weight loss. Your daily portion of cereal should contain approximately 200 calories which includes 125ml of semi-skimmed milk (2%). We recommended using semi-skimmed as it still contains many of the vitamins, which fat free milk loses.
As a general guide, 200 calories for breakfast cereal and two pieces of fruit is acceptable. This will keep you on track for a daily intake of about 1350 calories.
The Diet Plate Calorie Controlled Breakfast Bowl caters for different cereals, giving you the freedom to vary your choices as it was discovered that each stated calorie value was different as were recommended servings across the cereal range.
The design is simplicity itself. Look up the cereal of your choice on the reverse side of the weight loss chart provided with the bowl, then fill the bowl up to the corresponding colour band and add milk.
As an example muesli falls under the red band. When eating museli for breakfast, fill the bowl up to the red colour band, add 125ml (half a cup) of 2% semi-skimmed milk and you’re done!
A list of cereals and the corresponding colour bands can be found on the back of the weight loss chart included with your bowl. If your favourite cereal is not on the list, you can work out which colour band to use. Simply check the nutritional values on the box and weigh out the portion which equates to 140 calories of dry cereal.
Put this in the bowl and note on the chart to which colour band it corresponds to. The 125ml of 2% semi-skimmed milk provides the other 60 calories. In future when you come to have that particular cereal you’ll know which colour band to use straight way, from the chart.
The Breakfast Bowl can also be used for soups!
As a rule of thumb, using the bowl for soup you should fill the bowl to the green line for starchy or protein based soups and to the blue line for vegetable based soups.