The full weight management system consists of The Diet Plate and Bowl. The design for the Calorie Controlled Breakfast Bowl came about when I had a 'muesli jag' - well all those full grains, dried fruits and such seem so good for you. However, be warned. I discovered I had nearly 600 calories in my breakfast bowl, which was almost half of my daily calorie allowance!
Ideally I wanted about 200 calories for my breakfast cereal and two pieces of fruit. This would keep me on track for my daily intake of about 1350 calories. I like different cereals and, not unusually, I don't always want to eat the same cereal every morning. However, what I found was that each calorific value was different and so were the recommended servings.
The Diet Plate Calorie Controlled Breakfast Bowl came from the desire to find a simple method to measure any cereal.
This portion of cereal should only have approximately 200 calories,
including a 1/4 pint (125ml) of 2% fat (semi-skimmed) milk.
It is recommended to use semi-skimmed because it still contains lots of vitamins, which fat free milk loses. |
The design is simplicity itself. Look up the cereal of your choice, on the reverse side of the weight loss chart provided with the bowl, then fill the bowl up to the corresponding color band and add milk.
As an example muesli comes under the red band. In this case, fill the bowl to the red color band. Add your 1/4 pint (125ml) of 2% fat (semi-skimmed) milk. You're done!
You can find a full list of cereals and the corresponding color bands on the back of the weight loss chart that is provided free with the bowl. If your particular cereal is not in the list, you can work out which color band to use. Simply check the nutritional values and weigh out 140 calories worth of dry cereal. Put this in the bowl and make a note on the chart of which color band it corresponds to. Then the 1/4 pint (125ml) 2% fat (semi-skimmed) milk provides the other 60 calories. So, in future, when you come to have that particular cereal you'll know which color band to use straight way, from the chart. |
