A Surprising Advantage to Plate-Stuffing

Nicest of the Damned · Post by **Nicest of the Damned** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:43 pm

I'm talking here about the very full plates that some people do at the beginning of No S. A lot of people think this is a problem, but it has an advantage.

As some of you may know, I recently started a new mod, the Nine Inch Mod. Inspired by Alex Bogusky's book The Nine Inch Diet, I bought some 9" plates for eating off of on N days. The first of them came last week. They looked a lot smaller than the 10.5" plates I'd been using. I was feeling very skeptical of the whole enterprise.

Last night, I ate dinner off my 9" plate. It was a pretty full plate, but it was a 9" plate. I actually managed to get enough food on there that I felt full at the end of the meal. Those plates don't look so small any more, now that I know that I can get enough food onto one to feel full.

Maybe there are some new No S'ers who are skeptical that one plate of food, with no seconds, could be enough to satisfy them (I think my husband doesn't go on No S with me for this reason). Stuff that plate, and you'll see that you can eat just one plate of food without feeling deprived. You can worry about cutting back on the amount of food on the plate later, once you've got the "no seconds" habit down.

Over43 · Post by **Over43** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:31 am

I like the 9" plate idea. Our plates at home must be the 10.5" variety. I do have two perfect portions plates, but they are "inconvenient". I might buy a couple of 9" plates.

Thank you.

Nicest of the Damned · Post by **Nicest of the Damned** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:06 pm

Over43 wrote:I like the 9" plate idea. Our plates at home must be the 10.5" variety.

They could be even bigger than that. Big dinner plates are a trend these days, unfortunately.

So far, I'm liking my new 9" Fiestaware.