THE COLOR OF YOUR PLATE CAN HELP WITH WEIGHT LOSS

If you are trying to cut back on how much you eat, you may want to give some thought to the color of your plate!  That's right; the color of your plate may determine how much you eat!  Research has shown that you should eat foods on a contrasting color plate.  For example, eat pasta with a marinara sauce on a white plate.  When you can clearly see how much food you are taking and therefore eating, you tend to take less.  In fact, research has shown that when we clearly see how much food we are taking, we generally cut back by 21%!

Check out your plates and be sure you have white plates and other solid color plates.  Forget the big floral, etc plates where food becomes "lost" in the background which makes it easier to keep piling it on without noticing how much you are actually taking.  We are trained from an early age to eat what is on our plate, so it is important not to put too much on the plate.

This is another little trick to put in your weight-loss, weight-maintaining mental file.  There are so many little tricks you can use instead of ridiculous diets that deprive your body of the nutrients you need.

You can see for yourself in the picture examples below how food can "get lost" on the printed plates and be very obvious on the plain plate.

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