The Diet Diary

I drink wine. My whole family drinks wine. And with Easter Sunday coming up, I know wine will be served. So, how am I going to avoid going overboard on calories? As usual, with portion control!
There are two keys to portion control: 1) Know the proper serving size and 2) Limit […]

Convenience, portion control and garlic mashed potatoes all in one. What could be better?
I promised I’d tell you how to have your garlic mashed potatoes and stay slim two. Here’s the secret: If there are 2 people at the table, only serve two portions of garlic mashed potatoes!
It’s deceptively simple, but let’s […]

Here’s today’s 350 calorie lunch. It’s a Giardiniera & Tuna Salad Sandwich with asparagus on the side. This lunch is spicy and low fat. It is not low sodium.
Inspired by the ideas in the Volumetrics weight loss plan, I came up with the replacing the mayonnaise with Giardiniera when making […]

Salads are great way to eat your dark leafy greens and, prepared properly, they can help you lose weight. So, I’m planning to add a lot of these to my meals. But I was worried: what if I use too much dressing? That could make these salads awfully fattening! […]

Portion control is important if you want to lose weight or even just maintain weight. Today, I’m teaching myself to “eyeball” a serving size of my favorite cereal: Jewel Toasted Oats; these are very similar to Cheerios (but less expensive.) I need to do this now because I’m trying to learn to […]

Eating low energy density soup with lunch is a great way to feel full all after noon, so you can avoid vending machines. But many vitamin rich soup and stew recipes are difficult to prepare for one or two people. Soup is also difficult to carry to lunch. Here’s a tip that […]