Do you take your scale with you?

senecarr

Afura

I wouldn't, I would feel awkward doing that in someone else's home, or at a restaurant. Though at a buffet I've definitely bemoaned not having it.

jemhh

Villae81 wrote: »

Why would you guys get offended? It's not like they're critiquing your food they're just watching how much they eat but it would be weird when someone breaks out a scale

Maybe offended isn't the right word. Annoyed would be a better description. I'd be annoyed that I had a friend who couldn't google "serving size chart" and look for visual cues and who was so tied to her scale that she had never actually paid attention to how big/small her serving sizes were.

If I'm serving a sit down dinner to guests, I don't want to see a digital kitchen scale sitting on the table. Oooh, everybody move your dishes over so Susie can have room to zero out her scale and weigh her couscous. And I don't want somebody futzing around in my kitchen digging their servings out of my pots and pans while I try to get things into serving dishes. It's annoying and weird and generally smacks of being a PITA guest.

I get the desire to stay within calories and I understand that it can be a bit scary to go off the path once in awhile but one meal with a 10-20% variance isn't going to kill an overall on-the-point weight loss effort.

ASKyle

It's still a guess if you're taking the scale to a friends house. Yeah, you're having xx grams of x dish, but then what? Are you going to ask to see the recipe and put it in the builder to figure out the calories?

SingRunTing

I use one at families houses that I visit frequently, mainly my parents and my inlaws. They have scales and they know about my dieting, so I use theirs and no one bothers me about it.

But a random friend's house that I don't visit all the time, I would guesstimate. Success is built on what you do day in and day out, not what you do every once in a while. Sometimes close enough is close enough.

enterdanger

@senecarr LOL.

No, I would totally go all super saiyan if a guest brought a scale to my house. heheheh.

_lyndseybrooke_

I definitely don't, and it has nothing to do with what other people will think about me. I only eat out at a restaurant once per week unless I'm having a fat kid Saturday when I eat out for every meal. I've never brought a scale to a restaurant. The only time I eat at someone else's house is during the holidays, and calories are the last thing I'm worried about on those days. You have to live a little - if it's not a regular thing, one dinner out is not going to derail weeks/months/years of progress.

I do have a small food scale at work, but I eat two meals and one snack here, so I think that's appropriate. Everyone in my office is used to it at this point.

_lyndseybrooke_

PAV8888 wrote: »

To the people who would be offended: touch cookies: my health comes first and if you're not able to accommodate it too bad so sad :-)

(See OP: THAT's why the answer depends on the social context and whether you are willing to alienate/write off the people who might be offended).

And your health is at stake if you eat at a meal at a friend's house without weighing each and every morsel you put in your mouth? Come on now...

JustMissTracy

I wouldn't, but I do try to guess the best I can; I've found that after the first few weeks of weighing at home, I became pretty successful with eyeballing portions...making it easier to guestimate when out. Keep track of what you're eating in your head, then later, after the fun, try your best. It's only one evening, so don't worry too much over the numbers as they won't really affect your overall success, and try to have enough fun for all of us! xo

MikeAV8s

No, I seldom weigh anything even at home anymore. I used to weigh everything, now I can eyeball and be pretty close....close enough for me. I would not be offended if someone wanted to weigh food at my house, I was more or less obsessed once, earlier on, so I get it. I think weighing and measuring is the perfect tool to use to learn what a portion size looks like and how many calories are in it. I suppose some people will need it long term or forever even. I do think though, that we should try to get to a place where we don't need it. Unless you are an elite athlete, it doesn't have to be that close.

GrinnyMae

jemhh wrote: »

Villae81 wrote: »

Why would you guys get offended? It's not like they're critiquing your food they're just watching how much they eat but it would be weird when someone breaks out a scale

Maybe offended isn't the right word. Annoyed would be a better description. I'd be annoyed that I had a friend who couldn't google "serving size chart" and look for visual cues and who was so tied to her scale that she had never actually paid attention to how big/small her serving sizes were.

If I'm serving a sit down dinner to guests, I don't want to see a digital kitchen scale sitting on the table. Oooh, everybody move your dishes over so Susie can have room to zero out her scale and weigh her couscous. And I don't want somebody futzing around in my kitchen digging their servings out of my pots and pans while I try to get things into serving dishes. It's annoying and weird and generally smacks of being a PITA guest.

I get the desire to stay within calories and I understand that it can be a bit scary to go off the path once in awhile but one meal with a 10-20% variance isn't going to kill an overall on-the-point weight loss effort.

I completely agree. Also, if it's only two weeks and you don't feel comfortable with your ability to plan and estimate you can decline the invite. Or talk to your friend in advance about what is on the menu so you can plan accordingly. When you are following a strict food plan there will be times that you have to decline invites to eat out.

Jruzer

Hell no.

RYANCAIRNS2011

No need. Just use them every monday morning when u wake up. Something scales make u feel bad if u dnt lose so try and go but the mirror.

Jruzer

RYANCAIRNS2011 wrote: »

No need. Just use them every monday morning when u wake up. Something scales make u feel bad if u dnt lose so try and go but the mirror.

The question was regarding food scales, not bodyweight scales.

amyk0202

zyxst wrote: »

Yes, I have no shame. And yes, I've been told doing so means I have disordered eating.

You don't have to. If you're comfortable whipping it out at the dinner table, do it, otherwise don't. For me, a food scale is a priority tool that helped me lose my weight.

This. I have a small one for my purse (smaller than many phones) & 2 at my house. And I don't envision a future for myself where I will ever be able to eat by eyeballing my portions.

callsitlikeiseeit

no.

MikeAV8s

amyk0202 wrote: »

zyxst wrote: »

Yes, I have no shame. And yes, I've been told doing so means I have disordered eating.

You don't have to. If you're comfortable whipping it out at the dinner table, do it, otherwise don't. For me, a food scale is a priority tool that helped me lose my weight.

This. I have a small one for my purse (smaller than many phones) & 2 at my house. And I don't envision a future for myself where I will ever be able to eat by eyeballing my portions.

Sure you can!!! That should be your goal. It takes some time, but I guarantee you can do it.

pebble4321

Personally, I would not take a food scale out to dinner. To me, that's just overkill, its really not necessary for my (and I'd be bold enough to say almost anyone's) longterm health. It's also not really going to help, because as I didn't cook the food, I can only take a guess at the nutritional info even if I have a scale.
I would still log my meal, but I'd take a guess at the cals and enter something generic that gives me a feel for how the overall day looks.

However, if a guest in my house pulled out their scale, or used mine, to weigh their food I wouldn't be offended.
I'd be a bit bemused (see above) but in most cases (assuming no known eating disorders) I'd be happy to know that they were taking control of what they are eating and of their health.