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I bought a food scale, and I havent been eating what I thought!

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  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Best and least expensive food scale? And where to find it.

    You don't need anything too fancy. Look for a digital scale with a tare feature that can switch easily between grams and ounces. I got mine for about $20 at Target. Walmart, Amazon, eBay, some grocery stores, most kitchen supply places, etc stock them.
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    I have a scale that can change from oz's to grams to kgs to lbs. It's label is called Oneida, and it comes with a plastic tray you can put on it, before you start weighing items. It has a flat surface so you can put whatever container you wish to put on it to measure. I use it practically every meal! It was about $35. I think.
  • Mapalicious
    Mapalicious Posts: 412 Member
    edited February 2016
    Best and least expensive food scale? And where to find it.

    I LOVE this scale. Cost $15, and I have had it 2 years, still going strong: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FF1WJ0I?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage

    It can do oz, lbs, fluid ounces, grams, and ml. It can TARE, and go up to 11 lbs of weight.
  • blancoms
    blancoms Posts: 165 Member
    I usually put honey on my pancakes instead of syrup. Today I actually weighed out a tablespoon of honey and found that it was WAY more than I thought. When I was eyeballing, I was using about half! One tablespoon of honey is perfect for two small pancakes in my opinion :)

    I actually got my food scale for baking, not for weight loss. Weighing out dry ingredients such as flour was a game-changer for me, especially for bread. Now I get consistant results every time. Plus I don't have to dirty as many measuring cups. I just tare the scale after I add each ingredient.

    Now that I have the food scale, I weigh lots of things which helps me to more accurately eyeball portion sizes. That's why I think more people should get a food scale - just to get a visual on portion sizes, and after a month or so you wont even need it anymore. I have found that I am about dead-on perfect guessing the calories in an avocado. But cheese... An ounce of cheese is just sad!
    I usually put honey on my pancakes instead of syrup. Today I actually weighed out a tablespoon of honey and found that it was WAY more than I thought. When I was eyeballing, I was using about half! One tablespoon of honey is perfect for two small pancakes in my opinion :)

    I actually got my food scale for baking, not for weight loss. Weighing out dry ingredients such as flour was a game-changer for me, especially for bread. Now I get consistant results every time. Plus I don't have to dirty as many measuring cups. I just tare the scale after I add each ingredient.

    Now that I have the food scale, I weigh lots of things which helps me to more accurately eyeball portion sizes. That's why I think more people should get a food scale - just to get a visual on portion sizes, and after a month or so you wont even need it anymore. I have found that I am about dead-on perfect guessing the calories in an avocado. But cheese... An ounce of cheese is just sad!

    Yes, I love cheese! I don't eat as much of it now :(
    It seems like a lot of things (like honey, I found that out too! ) don't measure right with spoons/cups. Grams and ounces are so much nicer to my stomach! Haha
  • Lucy1752
    Lucy1752 Posts: 499 Member
    edited February 2016
    Weighing cereal is sad.....

    Amen...I eat a serving in a coffee mug instead of a bowl because in a bowl it just looks so pathetic.
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