The Diet Plate: Better Than Drugs?

$30 for a plate?? Well, if it helps.. but still..

"Mom can we use the diet plates?"

- "No son, that's only for special occassions"

That's funny, Harrold. I think I'll get out some ceramic paints.

Cool idea, but $30?

Jebus, it's a marked up plate. I can do that...
Hmm, wait! Key to wealth? This can't possibly be copywrited, right? I'm gonna start making plates for a living and selling them on Ebay for the basement-bargain price of $15 a pop. :)

I think this illustrates the fact that portion control is one of the most important factors is both gaining and losing weight.

And yes, $30 is a lot for a plate, but compare the price to that of some of the diet plans out there.

:-)

Brian

Yeah, it's a lot for a plate, but portion control is so key and most people don't know proper portion sizes (or have trouble recognizing them visually, like I do). It's a hell of a lot more intuitive and reasonable (including in price) than most of the stuff out there. For once, I'm not surprised something works instead of not surprised it doesn't.

Sounds like a great idea--but I agree, there's no reason it should cost $30.

However, I imagine if it works there will soon be cheaper knock-offs available. It's a fairly simple idea--who knew it could be so effective?

(I actually pictured it having compartments, like a tv dinner tray, to "enforce" the portions a bit more.)

Get an 11 inch plate from Target or Walmart for a couple of bucks, get your Sharpie, and make your own. It's just a pie chart, after all.

Ok $30 is really not that much considering how much money people spend on other "diet helpers" that you cant reuse over and over again like that plate! I think its a great idea!

Can anyone clearly see what each section says?

I wonder how one would adapt this plate for a vegan diet. Hmmmmmm.

It would be so easy to make one of these.

$30 does sound like a lot for a plate. But many other diet gizmos cost a whole lot more and at least this one is sensible.

I have a few of the "mesu" portion control bowls which are a similar concept. I balked at the price at first, but now I'm totally going to get a whole set. Not only are they cute, but my husband dropped on and it bounced several times and didn't get a single crack or chip! Hey, if it's durable, it's worth the money.

If I'm paying 30 bucks for a plate it better be filled with food, ha.

Wait a minute...don't they already have those? I'm thinking of those 3-sectioned picnic plates that you can buy at Walmart for something like $1.50 for a pack of 20. You could use one of the small sections for meat, one for grains and the big one for your veggies. I do that anyway when I'm at family functions and they have those plates. We also used to use them as kids so our food wouldn't get mixed together.

Harrold said:
$30 for a plate?? Well, if it helps.. but still.. [...]

LOL

lol- i just imagined people making their own plates but supersizing them. imagine the same portions on a plate twice as big! wooo hooo - DIG IN!!!!