The Diet Diary

Here’s my secret for merging portion control and the principles of Volumetrics at lunchtime: Use a divided plate.
I found these nice plastic lunch plates at my local grocery store and thought “Eureka!” Maybe that’s a bit much– but I did realize that if I filled one small segment with one vegetable, another segment […]

Here’s my time saving, freeze ahead recipe for Chicken Cordon Bleu. My recipe uses 6 half pound chicken breasts, applying my rules for portion control 12 servings each with 5 ounces of meat. (That’s 2 USDA servings of meat!)
Look at that? Can’t you just taste the gooey cheese, chicken and prosciutto? Now […]

One of my diet mantras is “portion control, portion control, portion control”. So, naturally, I was thrilled to find this slide show on portion control at The Mayo Clinic. Slide four demonstrates how to use measuring cups to make sure you eat the right portions. (Hey, I bet you own a set of measuring […]

How can a recipe called meatloaf for 24 be considered a portion control recipe?
It’s all in how you serve it! The way I do it, I control portions, avoid hunger and save myself a lot of cooking time and energy. I also save money buying economy packages of meat. (This beat the heck […]

You know how this guy called “Homo Erectus” would eat if you invited him over for Thanksgiving dinner? He’d eat until he was stuffed, and then he’d eat some more. Just like I do if I don’t force myself to stop.
Or at least that’s what I infer from Can’t Stop Eating When You’ve […]

Hey, look what Medical News Today reports:
People watching the Super Bowl who saw how much they had already eaten — in this case, leftover chicken-wing bones — ate 27 percent less than people who had no such environmental cues, finds a new Cornell study. The difference between the two groups — those eating at […]