InnerPlate Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What are the 8 principles of the InnerPlate diet?
See The Eight Principles of the InnerPlate Diet. , a summary of the key principles behind the Inner Plate diet.

Here are some common terms used in the InnerPlate diet:

Commitment: An InnerPlate.com commitment is simply a period of time (usually 12 weeks) where you calculate SMART (specific, measurable, attaintable and timely) goals for your weight loss program. Current weight, goal weight, resting weight calories (e.g. calories that maintain your current weight) and goal calories. When a commitment ends, you move on to the next commitment on the path to meeting your goals.

Commitment Type: A critical phase of the innerplate diet is the "norming" phase- learning what to eat when you aren't trying to lose weight. Also, for long-term dieters we encourage planning your rests, and for this there are resting commitments. To summarize, InnerPlate.com supports 3 types of commitments- Weight Loss, Norming and Resting.

Diet Velocity: A simple measure of how you are doing towards your goal. A velocity of "10" means you are right on track. A velocity of 3 means you are running way behind. If you finish yesterday with a daily velocity of 8, you can attempt to recover with a velocity of 12 today. Similarly, if your weekly velocity last week was 9, you can recover this week with an 11. And so on. If you fall more then 5 points behind on any long-term measure- weekly, or monthly- we suggest stopping or re-planning the current commitment to ensure a positive, healthy diet process. You can change the overall commitment goal or split it in two, close off the portion you just finished, and start with a clean slate.

Health Karma: The sum of pounds lost by people invited by you, and the people they have invited, and so on, to the InnerPlate diet.