How beneficial are food scales?

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  • elpidamaria
    elpidamaria Posts: 12 Member
    I bought a food scale at the 2nd week ..because I was worrying about eating more than I should.
    It helped me understand how much is really a portion. Especially for meats..which cannot be measured in cups..
    You should buy one!You'll see the difference!!
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I was stalled for about 6 months - losing and gaining the same few pounds. Started using my food scale daily and the body weight scale started moving down again. I don't have a clue what 100 ounces of something looks like.
  • Aero1dynamic
    Aero1dynamic Posts: 702 Member
    It was my number one best weight loss tool I ever purchased. Of course, YMMV, but for me, I'd say that if someone could only afford one scale, pick the food scale over the bathroom scale. It's that important, IMHO.

    I could NEVER properly estimate proper portions (duh, that's how I got overweight in the first place). A food scale takes away all the guesswork and estimation errors that eyeballing a volume measuring creates. We all vary, but *I* am just not one of those people who can "measure" up portions correctly otherwise. If you think you may be like that, too (you're not alone--bunches of us suck at this, lol), get a food scale.


    ^^^^THIS a thousand times. Food scale over weight scale. Your weight will fluctuate and the bathroom scale will lie to you, but your food scale never will! eating proper portions and recording your calories ACCURATELY is the cornerstone of losing weight!
  • kempokicker711
    kempokicker711 Posts: 2
    HUGELY beneficial! I would also strongly suggest spending a few extra bucks for a digital scale with a ‘tare’ function. This will let you use any container that can sit atop the scale.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    I love my food scale. I'm even considering buying a pocket scale so I can weigh things on the go if need be, mostly because I'm still not great at estimating the weight of foods that I eat consistently unless I"m estimating my regular serving portion (e.g. I can easily eyeball 30g of dry oatmeal, but if I were to want 50g.... no idea what that looks like).
    I only felt weird using it initially around family, still sometimes do but now whatever. I've been losing weight this way, it's way more accurate than measuring, and I can track my macros way easier this way. that 30g of oatmeal I mentioned is supposed to be 1/4 cup, but 1/4 cup is actually closer to 40-50 grams when I measure it out.

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