Weighing

rjel78

What kinda of foods do you use the food scale for?

Ready2Rock206

All solids should be weighed when you can.

queenliz99

The calorie dense stuff like peanut butter, fruit, oatmeal and bread.

kimny72

When I first started out, I used it for anything that wasn't liquid. Now that I've been doing this for a few years, I only regularly use it for calorie dense foods that I eat often, or portioning out bulk cooking into single servings. Every once and awhile I'll use it for everything for a couple of weeks to keep my ability to determine a portion size sharp, like continuing education

Machka9

Pretty much all of them.

livingleanlivingclean

All solids

seska422

All solids and any semi-solids or liquids that specify grams in the nutritional info.

I'll also weigh some liquids or semi-liquids with the nutritional info in milliliters (such as salad dressing) for the sake of convenience but with the understanding that I'm getting a rough estimate since the only liquid that can be counted on to have 1 gram = 1 milliliter is water.

a_candler

Everything! Weighing foods equals accountability

lemurcat12

When I'm logging I find it easier to weigh than estimate so tend to weigh everything solid (putting things on the scale after chopping and before cooking is just a natural part of the cooking process for me, and though it makes no difference calorie-wise being able to put down 116 g broccoli vs. uh, about a cup is just less fuss and seems pleasantly exact). The exception is that I personally have never found it useful to weigh stuff like a single serving cup of yogurt or Kind bar or some such.

When I'm not logging I still sometimes use the scale so I can weigh out a serving of pasta or ice cream or something else high calorie where I have an amount in mind I want to eat and am suspicious of my ability to eyeball.

Francl27

Pretty much everything here too.

indiacaitlin

Pretty much everything, I have wet and dry scales so use them for milk when I'm making breakfast/coffee etc as well.

Christine_72

Everything, except for fluids, I use measuring cups for those.

crzycatlady1

Mostly rice, oats, veggies, dried fruit, chips, cheese and meat.

AnnPT77

Anything solid, and any liquids for which I can find good data in grams. Weighing food is just so much quicker & easier than measuring, and darned near as easy as guessing (and way more accurate).

vixtris

pretty much everything

stephmph16

I use my scale for everything. Zero it with a bowl/plate, put down the solids and weigh them, re-zero, then weigh the liquids/etc on top.