weight loss may depend on the size of your dinner plate

Weight loss depends on the number of calories you eat and the number of calories you lose. The number of calories you lose will depend on your level of activity and your basal metabolic rate.

Normally you will lose weight if you eat less food or exercise more or both. You will not lose weight if eat too much food and exercise less. In fact you will add weight. There are certain basic inexpensive things you can do to lose weight. Some of them require your commitment and will. For example, think about the size of your plate or bowl. Is it too big or small? Most people will tend to have big plates. If the plate is too big you are likely to serve more food than if you used a smaller plate. It’s also important to think of how much food you are going to place on the plate.

When you are hungry you will be tempted to place more food on the big plate. Most people do not want to throw away the food on the plate unless they are too full. They will eat all the food on the plate irrespective of the plate size.

Think also of your bowl of breakfast cereals and the amount of cereals that you serve. If you want to win the battle of weight loss you must control the portion sizes of what you eat by using a smaller plate or bowl. Many people will serve far too much cereal on the plate. You may want to consider serving less cereal because of their high carbohydrate content and include more protein but not too much either.

These changes can be made easily and immediately. You may want to buy new dinner plates or use your salad bowls to serve dinner.

The sizes of the cups and mugs you may be using to serve beverages and other drinks may also be far too big. Remember any excess calories that you take will cause an increase in weight and not weight loss. For example if you take an excess of 200 calories per day, you will gain 20 pounds per.

Similarly if you lose 200 calories a day you will lose about the same weight per year. Use mugs or cups with a capacity of up to 250 millilitres to serve drinks except when drinking water.

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