Food Scale at work ....

FIT2125

I am underestimating my portions and trying to weigh stuff at home. But I have cereals , snacks at work where I just graze all day ..Just wondering Does any one have a food scale at work ???.

LeanButNotMean44

I do! Sometimes my colleagues look at me like I'm nuts, but I don't give a crap.

brendanwhite84

I've never brought it to work but I wouldn't hesitate to do so. Your coworkers would have to be pretty big dillweeds to concern themselves with that.

Alternatively, I buy snacks at a bulk food store near work and at least from this place the weight of food I bought is recorded on the receipt with reasonable precision.

MrsPinterest34

I have a mini digital food scale in my purse that I bought from Amazon and a food scale at work that I bought from Target. My colleagues laugh at me every time I pull it out to use it I'm losing the weight and loving it.

shinycrazy

I've considered it mostly for going out to eat(for fries mostly ), but never actually gotten one. I generally pre portion snacks I bring to work so I know what i'm eating.

Bianca42

I measure everything at home and bring just what I'm going to be eating that day. If I bring a week's worth of something I tend to overeat it.

Kathryn247

Yep, I bought a mini one online and use it at work all the time! Someone just brought around mini cupcakes, I scanned the nutrition info on the package then weighed my cake. I only had a small bite because they weren't that good, so I weighed what was left and credited my calorie entry. Totally worth getting 60 calories back! And my co-workers have clearly gotten used to me scanning and weighing everything.

zindroth

My BF gifted me a portable scale that is the size of my hand. I keep it in my purse at all times. I use it when we go for sushi, Boston Pizza, you name it. I got weird looks at first, but then ppl got used to it. My thought is that I am working on me, if other ppl want to judge, then that is on them. I am making progress towards MY goals.

nowine4me

MrsPinterest34 wrote: »

I have a mini digital food scale in my purse that I bought from Amazon and a food scale at work that I bought from Target. My colleagues laugh at me every time I pull it out to use it I'm losing the weight and loving it.

Me too

cwolfman13

No, I pack my breakfast and lunch and snacks at home and bring them to work already portioned out. I'm not a grazer though...never really understood that whole thing...

Hecka_Rebecca

brendanwhite84 wrote: »

Alternatively, I buy snacks at a bulk food store near work and at least from this place the weight of food I bought is recorded on the receipt with reasonable precision.

How did I go so long without doing this?

It's a bit of planning, but I usually just portion things out at home, and then use a dry erase marker to write how much it weighs on the container.

kristen8000

I do. I didn't for awhile, but I started seeing that it would help. I also don't keep full bags of things in my desk. Portioned out at home first. I am a grazer too - and that's a no no.

aeloine

There was a story about a lady who had one at the airport. She ordered like four different entrees at the airport restaurant, pulled out her scale, and wrote everything down using a pen and paper.

The MFPer who posted about her was in awe and I'm pretty sure they had a pretty awesome conversation.

She was definitely the winner of "who eats most and loses" that day.

TL DR: it's an awesome ice breaker, and it's not that weird.