Portion Control: Try This Easy Trick

Become a member | Learn more | Member sign in   January 30, 2015 Want to lose weight without giving up your favorite indulgences, like wine and chocolate? Then take advantage of this FREE 7-day Sonoma Diet online membership offer to try it yourself! Click here for more info. Portion Control: Try This Easy Trick You're committed to The New Sonoma Diet, but what if you don't have a 7-inch or 9-inch plate in the house? If you don't want to buy a whole set of plates that are the right size, you can always go to a secondhand shop, buy just enough unmatched, interesting plates for your family, and use them for the duration of the diet. And remember, there's no rule against taking a bigger plate and using only 9 (or 7) inches of it. If you have paper plates around, there's a good chance they're 9 inches in diameter (the size will appear somewhere on the package). If they're the right size, you can either use the paper plates for the diet or put one over a bigger plate to see where the 9-inch circle is. Then use that portion of the bigger plate. Members Get More! Sign Up Now! Monday:  Marinated Flank Steak  Enjoying this newsletter? Sign up for other free newsletters. More from The New Sonoma Diet!   Connie's Tip of the Day Marking the Line To achieve the right portion in your breakfast bowl, you'll need a two-cup bowl. If you don't have one, take a larger bowl and determine where the two-cup line is. Once you find it, mark it off with a piece of tape so you don't have to remeasure each time. Your Sonoma Diet Tools   500 Recipes   Wine Guide   Online Dietitians   Weight Tracker   Message Boards   Shopping Lists Advertisement