Step One Part One Dinner Plates

I use salad plates for our main dishes. Why? Because you trick your mind into thinking your eating the same amount of food yet your really not. For some reason in our society these days we feel the urge to load our plates up. If you plate is smaller to begin with you won't be over eating. Plus a healthy size sandwich looks small on a regular dinner plate but on a smaller plate you'll find it looks bigger.

Once you switch your plates over divide your plate into thirds. Some people do fourths and that works too but I find it easier with the smaller plates to do thirds. One third of the plate should be your protein source, one third your carb source, and the final third should be your vegetables. If you are using the fourths on a bigger plate you'd go one quarter protein source, one quarter carb source, and one half vegetables. I know there are lots of theories on this but I find this works well for our family.

This step is a very easy step and you may think why even bother with this since you just want tips on healthy eating. Well we as a society are over eating and larger plates are a big reason. And remember you want to slowly phase your family in to a more healthier eating program so they don't think they are being deprived or revolt against your goal. Most likely they won't even realize that your switching the size of your plates and you've made your first step towards a healthy eating family.