Divide Your Plate to Lose Weight

Try this no-diet, no-work portion-control plan today!

Hate to calculate fat percentages and count calories? You don't have to!

When you eat you want to fill about half your plate with vegetables and/or fruits and the remainder with roughly equal amounts of starches such as whole grains, potatoes or pasta and a high protein food such as meat, poultry or fish. Then watch the weight come off. It's that easy!

Do You Use Food As Therapy? Take The Quiz

How much do you turn to food for therapy?  Here's how to tell: Rate each of the following statements from 1 to 5,with 1 being rarely true to 5 being almost always true.  If it is never true, use 0.

___ There is no problem that can't be made better with chocolate.

___ I like to treat myself to a nice dinner (or other food treat) to celebrate a job well done.

___ On previous diets, I've sometimes cheated because i just felt I deserved a little treat.

___ When I am particularly stressed or upset, I usually feel better after I've eaten something.

___ I have a f favorite restaurant where friends and I usually go to celebrate or just be together.

___ I have a particular food I always crave when I'm under pressure.

___ I always gain weight when I'm, under pressure.

___ Whenever I've gone off a diet plan, there was something unpleasant going on in my life.

___ I always overeat when I go home to visit my parents.

___ I always overeat after a fight with my significant other.