Does using smaller utensils and plates help?

[Mama Lisa 0]

Once we can actually eat mushies and then food, would using smaller spoons/forks and plates be helpful? Would that help us to chew the right amounts? Would it help us to take longer to eat? Has anyone done this?

[TheBandedPeach 3]

Once we can actually eat mushies and then food, would using smaller spoons/forks and plates be helpful? Would that help us to chew the right amounts? Would it help us to take longer to eat? Has anyone done this?

MOST DEFINITELY!

[Donna Coker 0]

Yes using smaller plates and utensils does help with Portion Control and smaller bites its like eating as a baby again Good Luck !

[Nechama L 4]

My nutritionist said there is even a portion plate you can get so you are sure you are eating the right amount. I will borrow my daughter's utensils I guess! LOL

[Rachel412 116]

I like using a smaller plate. It makes me feel like I'm eating a whole meal, since I'm not seeing all the empty space on a regular plate.

[Coco's Mum 1]

I like using a smaller plate. It makes me feel like I'm eating a whole meal, since I'm not seeing all the empty space on a regular plate.

I will be doing this. I do this now - with little silverware when I'm eating a fancy dessert. hmmm .... I don't think there's going to be any fancy Desserts in my future but using the tiny silverware made me take little slivers off whatever dessert it was.

[aroundthetown 8]

I use my 2 year old's baby utensils. It helps me feel full. You have to take twice as many bites with a baby spoon to equal the amount I would normally eat with a regular spoon. I think with the added time it takes to eat all those little bites I'm able to feel full sooner.

[Melissannde 41]

I know a lot of people do use smaller utensils and bread plates, but I never have. I do use luncheon size plates rather than dinner plates, but regular forks & spoons. I want to be able to be as "normal" as possible to fit into the real world.

If you find it's helpful for you.. great!! but it's not strictly necessary. I can take tiny bites from a regular spoon.

[CheckYes 46]

I used the plastic coated baby spoons during mushies! Helped a lot.

[Mama Lisa 0]

Gonna go look for some cool little baby spoons/forks!!!

I already have demitas spoons that I could use, too.

I think the visual of such small portions on a large plate

would be discouraging. As the song says.... "It's alright to be little bitty!"

[CultJam 0]

I changed our family plates to luncheon plates. No one complained. I also use a salad fork instead of an entree fork. Another thing that helps is when I put my fork down between bites. I'm a year and a half out and 100 lbs down but I still struggle with portion size and head hunger.

[dk4k 15]

The smaller plate really helps me to serve myself the right portion. I recently had started serving myself bigger portions (more like what the family was eating), thinking I would stop when I was full, but then eating it all! Then I got my head back on straight and returned to serving a small portion and when it was gone, I was done. I never leave the table hungry, but I'm also not overeating.

I used a smaller spoon when I started eating mushies and solid food, to give myself an idea of what a bite should look like. I'm trained now, and I use regular utensils.

[TheBandedPeach 3]

I use normal silverware now, but LOVE using little saucer plates (the ones that go under tea cups) to serve myself food. That way I know that if it cant fit on the plate, it shouldn't fit in my stomach!

[kll724 3,055]

I use salad plates and have from the start of my diet, after seeing the nutritionist. She was the one that suggested that. It makes me not feel deprived. I use the bread plate at restaurants,but find it to not have a small fork to use when going out. I, always, use a dessert fork at home. It reminds me to eat slower and smaller bites. I, also, have used a toddler fork and spoon when 1st starting out. Karen

[Leifysmom 0]

I find that if I don't use my smaller plate (I use regular utensils), I overeat.