Food TemPlates

For anyone looking to cut calories without counting, then filling the plate as instructed here can get you a lot of the way there:

• 1/4 protein, 1/4 starch, 1/2 veg.

Think these 3 food groups would constitute a lot of people's meals, but the ratios would be swapped with the calorie-dense starch at 50% and only 25% veg, and this tweak could make a fair difference in creating a deficit.

Personally, I go higher with protein, but in the same vein have two other "templates" that I use:

• 1/2 protein, 1/2 veg
• 1/2 protein, 1/4 veg, 1/4 starch