smaller plate or Normal size plate?

herbsgirl · Post by **herbsgirl** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:25 am

Ok, I wondered should I use a 9" plate or start with a normal sized one? Tommarow will be day 1 sort of for me. I am starting now, but today was kinda messed up.

Who Me? · Post by **Who Me?** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:32 am

I just went into the kitchen and measured our plates. Turns out we don't have a single dinner plate larger than 9".

What's "normal" to your mind?

herbsgirl · Post by **herbsgirl** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:42 am

Hmm, for some reason I thought 9" was smaller than the standard Corelle plates. Let me look into it...

Ok It appears our plates are around 10 1/4 inches and our small salad plates are 8 1/2"

They are similar to this, just different design...

http://www.amazon.com/Corelle-Livingwar ... 623&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Corelle-Livingwar ... pd_sim_k_1

Who Me? · Post by **Who Me?** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:57 am

I'm sure either size is fine! As long as your plate isn't over-loaded, you'll be okay.

If your personal dinner tomorrow looked something like this, you might be over-doing things a wee bit.

wosnes · Post by **wosnes** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:40 am

I'd say stick with normal plates as long as they aren't larger than 10 1/2 inches. Or, if they're that large or larger, if they have a raised border and a center that is smaller.

Blithe Morning · Post by **Blithe Morning** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:17 am

Start with the larger one but don't feel you have to fill it to the rim. If you are used to snacking you may need the extra room at first to make sure you are getting enough food to carry you through to the next meal.

herbsgirl · Post by **herbsgirl** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:16 pm

Thanks, Im starting with the larger one and going to try to keep the food inside the middle circle!

Ugh, If I ate that much Id be SICK Who Me? !!!!!!

Who Me? · Post by **Who Me?** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:25 pm

You knew I was joking, right?

herbsgirl · Post by **herbsgirl** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:42 pm

I think so maybe

Nicest of the Damned · Post by **Nicest of the Damned** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:48 pm

I'd start with the normal sized plates, then maybe in a few months, when you've got the No S habits down, switch to smaller ones.

r.jean · Post by **r.jean** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:16 pm

I use the larger corelle plate and never plan to change. I do not always fill it, but some things take more room than others.

milliem · Post by **milliem** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:19 pm

My 'normal' plates are 7 inches of central food space (10 inches with the rim). I think that's pretty average for the UK. I did pile them up high when I first started NoS though

And I don't fret if some food spills onto the 'edges' of the plate...

NoSnacker · Post by **NoSnacker** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:07 pm

Hi, I use the corelle 9 inch plates...started to use them last year before No S, just read somewhere how using the smaller plate actually tricks the mind into thinking we are eating a lot. I fill it to the edge

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osoniye · Post by **osoniye** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:36 pm

I've been using 9" plates for a long time without thinking about it. I finally measured them. Funny, but I often eat at a friend's house whose plates look HUGE to me, I guess they're probably "normal" dinner plates!

sheepish · Post by **sheepish** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 1:24 pm

I think our dinner plates are 10 inches or so (as milliem described - 7 inches or so and a rim.) What I go for is: no breakfast, a cereal bowl sized portion for lunch, a full (and sometimes heaped) plateful for dinner. It works well for me. If I ate a full plateful 2-3 times a day, I might consider smaller plates but I don't think it would be a great idea for me to reduce my dinner portion since I don't eat much for lunch.

jellybeans01 · Post by **jellybeans01** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:22 pm

for me when I'm not pregnant I like to be 128-132. I need smaller plates to do this. If I was happy with 135-140 I could probably do larger plates. I use about an 81/2.

SunCat · Post by **SunCat** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:53 pm

I use a normal sized plate with a 'normal' (for me) amount of food. The size of the plate doesn't influence me to eat any more or any less. That said, I don't eat much so I often choose a smaller plate so my food doesn't look so lonely

We have some plate photos on our website - in several different sizes.
http://ladieswhonos.blogspot.com/2011/0 ... ation.html

NoelFigart · Post by **NoelFigart** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 8:14 am

I keep it as simple as possible. To fill a plate, I reach in the dishes cupboard and get the dinner plates and use them.

Now, I've done some tweaking of No-S after many MONTHS of compliance and a rather slow weight loss, but boy, howdy, let me tell you what, the habits developed from those months wouldn't have happened unless I'd been a really boring literalist at first.

Until you have the HABIT down, use whatever dinner plates you usually use. Making it unnecessarily complex is death for this kind of thing.