Bowl Instructions
Diet Plate Calorie Controlled Breakfast Bowl
Effective Portion Control For Breakfast
The design for the Calorie Controlled Breakfast Bowl came about through the need to deal with ‘muesli jag’ – The well meaning wholesome grains and dried fruits seem so good for you but be warned, a normal serve of museli contains nearly 600 calories, nearly half the daily recommended calorie allowance!
The idea of developing the Diet Plate Calorie Controlled Breakfast Bowl was from a desire to be able to measure correct portions of any cereal for weight loss. Your daily portion of cereal should contain approximately 200 calories which includes 125ml of semi-skimmed milk (2%). We recommended using semi-skimmed as it still contains many of the vitamins, which fat free milk loses.
As a general guide, 200 calories for breakfast cereal and two pieces of fruit is acceptable. This will keep you on track for a daily intake of about 1350 calories.
The Diet Plate Calorie Controlled Breakfast Bowl caters for different cereals, giving you the freedom to vary your choices as it was discovered that each stated calorie value was different as were recommended servings across the cereal range.
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 colour band and add milk.
As an example muesli falls under the red band. When eating museli for breakfast, fill the bowl up to the red colour band, add 125ml (half a cup) of 2% semi-skimmed milk and you’re done!
A list of cereals and the corresponding colour bands can be found on the back of the weight loss chart included with your bowl. If your favourite cereal is not on the list, you can work out which colour band to use. Simply check the nutritional values on the box and weigh out the portion which equates to 140 calories of dry cereal.
Put this in the bowl and note on the chart to which colour band it corresponds to. The 125ml of 2% semi-skimmed milk provides the other 60 calories. In future when you come to have that particular cereal you'll know which colour band to use straight way, from the chart.
The Breakfast Bowl can also be used for soups!
As a rule of thumb, using the bowl for soup you should fill the bowl to the green line for starchy or protein based soups and to the blue line for vegetable based soups.