Using food scale

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JessicaFlemings101
JessicaFlemings101 Posts: 5 Member
in Health and Weight Loss

hello newbie here I just bought a food scale today. Can you keep track of food in my fitness pal by the scale numbers?

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,882 Member
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    Tips:

    When using something in a jar, like peanut butter or mayo, put the jar on the scale, lid off, zero/tare the scale. Take out the amount you want to eat. The negative number on the scale is the weight you took out. Log that.

    Same thing works for foods where you cut a chunk to eat off a bigger amount, such as when you cut a piece of cheese off a packaged hunk.

    When making a sandwich or salad, put the plate/bowl on the scale, zero/tare. I'll use sandwich as an example. Put the bread on the plate. Note the weight. Zero/tare. Put the meat on the bread. Note the weight. Zero/tare. Put the cheese on the meat. Etc., until the sandwich is done.

    Works for sandwiches, salads, soup/ stew or anything where you're adding multiple ingredients to a pot/pan before cooking.

    Quick, easy, accurate, no extra cups/spoons to wash.

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  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,600 Member

    Yes, search for database entries in grams. Sometimes there's a drop down on the food item site where you can select grams. If you weight 76g then either log 0.76 for 100g, or 76g if there's a 1g option.

  • JessicaFlemings101
    JessicaFlemings101 Posts: 5 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48544963#Comment_48544963
  • JessicaFlemings101
    JessicaFlemings101 Posts: 5 Member

    Than yoh so much !!!!!!

  • TinaBrenton
    TinaBrenton Posts: 7 Member

    Hi

    I just ordered a scale from amazon, it hasn’t arrived yet, but I’m excited to start trying this as well. I hope you have good luck with it.

  • greta1215
    greta1215 Posts: 2 Member

    Hey guys, I recently discovered a very useful food nutrition scale. It comes with a free mobile app, which is very similar to MFP, but this app is free!!!

    After connecting to this scale via Bluetooth, it can automatically calculate calories and protein based on the weighed quantity. Isn’t it amazing !!!

    You can go to Amazon and search for Cosori nutrition scale to see its detailed introduction. I hope it can help you.

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