Use smaller plates. This is a diet tip that has been floating around for years, and has probably be used about 100 million times. But you know why? Because it works. Using huge dinner plates is just an invitation to fill it with way more than you need. Using smaller plates forces you to take a more managable serving, and as long as you don't talk yourself into having seconds, you'll have instant portion control.

This doesn't mean you have to throw away your current plates and scour the nearest IKEA for smaller ones. Use the salad plates you have at home. Or a Bento box. Or a bowl. Or really, whatever keep you from packing away more than your share of food. Hint: this also works well at buffets!

Here's an ingenious suggestion from Working On My Fitness -- use Bento Boxes for portion control. Bento boxes -- those cute Japanese eating 'plates' that have little compartments for each part of your meal -- would be ideal if you're trying to follow the food pyramid. Put your veggies in the largest compartment, your grains in the second largest and your protein in the smallest. There might even be room for a small (healthy) dessert.

What's great about this idea is that you can't just heap your plate full of food like you can with regular plates. And your meal doesn't have to Japanese to use the Bento box, but it can't hurt since Japanese food is one of the healthiest cuisines out there.

So what would go in your Bento box?

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