OMG, I have a friend IRL who is doing this now. I'm serious - I saw him Sat. night at a restaurant, and he brought these containers, ordered, then filled the containers and didn't eat the extra that didn't fit in the containers.

Yep, I had this thing recently with someone who can't tolerate gluten and so she says she is low carb even though she is eating lots of fruit. If it works, then great! But it still isn't exactly low carb.

ETA: It isn't working for her, though.

In my long and extensive career as a serial dieter I had a portion control plate - half of it was for veg and another quarter for starchy carbs! The last quarter was for protein! Not even a mention of fat!

I tried the actual program this derives from (these containers are generic). In the "name-brand" program, the veggie box is the same size as the fruit box, and your # of veggie boxes for the day is more than your # of fruit boxes. My allotment was 4 veggie boxes and 3 fruit boxes daily, I think. Here it does look like the fruit box is bigger... maybe they changed it from the "name-brand" program. I think this kind of thing is a decent step toward being healthier -- if all the diabetics in my family did follow this plan strictly, like a previous poster said, they'd be eating far less carbs than they typically do and it would be a step in the right direction.

But when I tried this, I was always hungry, leading to me eating more carbs than allotted, leading to no weight loss. Hence why I'm here now, and not with the boxes

samanthaluangphixay wrote: »

Another thing that gets me is different vegetables/fruits/foods in general have different volume. So for the vegetable portion, I could stuff it full of spinach or I could probably fit four florets of broccoli in it. And it still counts for the same?

I love my food scale because I know exactly how much of what I'm getting. Even if I weren't watching carbs and just counting calories, the allotment is quite low and I would be starving. I would spend my time trying to figure out how I could get more bang for my buck with those containers using food that I don't even really like instead of eating foods that satisfy me.

I remember that so well, trying to fill myself with foods that I could barely choke down because they were low calorie low fat, all carb, but I was so hungry I needed the most volume for my calories. I used to eat plain tuna on a pita with a bag of rice, like the steamer frozen bags with peas and carrots and such, for lunch. if only I knew then to add some mayo to my tuna I might've actually felt full after eating and not need to spend an hour forcing myself to eat rice

samanthaluangphixay wrote: »

auntstephie321 wrote: »

samanthaluangphixay wrote: »

Another thing that gets me is different vegetables/fruits/foods in general have different volume. So for the vegetable portion, I could stuff it full of spinach or I could probably fit four florets of broccoli in it. And it still counts for the same?

I love my food scale because I know exactly how much of what I'm getting. Even if I weren't watching carbs and just counting calories, the allotment is quite low and I would be starving. I would spend my time trying to figure out how I could get more bang for my buck with those containers using food that I don't even really like instead of eating foods that satisfy me.

I remember that so well, trying to fill myself with foods that I could barely choke down because they were low calorie low fat, all carb, but I was so hungry I needed the most volume for my calories. I used to eat plain tuna on a pita with a bag of rice, like the steamer frozen bags with peas and carrots and such, for lunch. if only I knew then to add some mayo to my tuna I might've actually felt full after eating and not need to spend an hour forcing myself to eat rice

I know...my thing was rice cakes. I used to trick myself into thinking they were tasty but they're actual cardboard carbage. It was like 45 calories for a popcorn flavoured rice cake and I used to eat like 5 of them. I was never satisfied and I was always looking for something else. For the 225 calories of yucky rice cake, I could have had two slices of yummy bacon!

lol yep cheddar cheese rice cakes, yuk, now I can just have cheese lol

Hilarious bullet points! XD

If the X number of Days Fix program helps people and they're not metabolically challenged or cursed with insulin resistance/hyperglycemia, I can't judge, but I think it's not for everyone.

Seems oatmeal would be better than the mac and cheese.

I think for people of normal weight who are looking for an easy way to get a well-balanced diet, without calorie counting, this could be a really good thing. But I'd recommend everything get switched to unprocessed foods. So the mac and cheese would be out in favor of something like cooked oat groats or barley groats, quinoa. No added sugars, just the sugars in the fruit (perhaps added to the cooked groats).

It's interesting there is no place for dairy in any of this. (Unless I'm just missing it in the photo). Those would be added calories, but not empty calories. I'd suggest seeds and nuts in the small containers.

Many of us, without some kind of measuring tend to up portion sizes over time. Something like this, for somebody who hasn't had to struggle with weight, and is looking for a way to prevent the portions from creeping up, this could be a really good tool. So I'd hand this off to my skinny, active 20 year old twins and suggest they fill these bowls with real food and lay off the Hot Cheetos. That way, they don't get caught up in the 'i need to go on a diet' rollercoaster.

My weight problems started on the day I started dieting. I'm hoping LCHF will help me fix that.

aylajane wrote: »

I have been known to lick Doritos to get the taste without the carbs/calories... Not a proud moment.

It's a win-win - all of the addiction with none of the calories for you, and all the calories and none of the orange for the racoons and birds. No cause for shame.

@aylajane - Could you train your inner ingredient sucker to target only those substances known to promote health, happiness, and longevity?