My brother-in-law and his wife are going to Spain in the Spring. What an amazing trip that will be! I got to thinking about those Spaniards. They do it right. You know?
They are famous for their Tapas. Small plates. Your chances of overeating from a small plate are drastically reduced, right? If Ibiza, Spain (and their bevy of beautiful bodies) is any testiment to diet success, then we gotta give it a shot.
My tip today is to dish out your meals onto a SMALL plate. You know those small plates that came with your dish set that you only use for toast or a piece of cake? Use THAT plate for dinner or lunch. You can fill it completely and give the illusion that you are eating more. If you use a large dinner plate and leave it only half-full, then you feel like you are being deprived. Rule of thumb: Your protein (lean) should be the size of your fist, 1/2 - 3/4 of your plate should be filled with veggies and the remaining portion should be a light starch (small sweet potato, brown rice, etc.)
And to my diet cheaters out there, yes you could pile up that small plate with fried, creamy, buttery and fatty. But, hold yourself accountable this season!
If you are feeling extra special festive, eat your dinner, then throw the plate against the wall - Opa! Do this at your own risk...
1 comment:
Thanks..
Good ideas. I would like to throw my large dinner plates against the wall since I would like a new set of dishes but then I looked at new dinnerware and all of the sets are so oversized that it is such a contradiction to what we should be buying, except of course Ikea :) Have a great day. B
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