Who else uses a food scale?

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  • EmilyOfTheSun
    EmilyOfTheSun Posts: 1,548 Member
    Me. It's amazing. Most food labels give the nutritional info for the weight of the meat raw. Makes you be able to be so much more accurate with a food scale rather than using the option for "1 cup of diced chicken breast". Now that I have the food scale, I can't imagine calorie counting without it!
  • DoxieLove10612
    DoxieLove10612 Posts: 145 Member
    I use an EatSmart scale. I purchased after I watched a video showing that a TBSP of peanut butter was not the serving size listed on nutrition facts. I was absolutely shocked when I started measuring different items.
  • CatMcCheesey
    CatMcCheesey Posts: 143
    I use one. Honestly, I don't know how anyone can truly know how many calories they're consuming if they don't use one.
  • ThoseLittleCats
    ThoseLittleCats Posts: 180
    i mite git one
  • WVprankster
    WVprankster Posts: 430 Member
    I use mine regularly. I also argue with it over how big an ounce of cheese is regularly.
  • Babeskeez
    Babeskeez Posts: 606 Member
    I do! Always. Well except on my cheat. Ha.
  • aimforhealthy
    aimforhealthy Posts: 449 Member
    I just ordered mine from Amazon, should be here Wednesday. I KNOW that "eyeballing" my food is giving me way more calories than I'm logging. One of the main reasons I gained so much weight in the first place was due to having zero concept of what a portion looks like! You guys here on MFP convinced me - I'm excited to start using it!
  • kimmymayhall
    kimmymayhall Posts: 419 Member
    I use a food scale for almost everything I prepare/eat at home. I think trying to count calories without one would be so uncertain and frustrating. I do not take it with me when I go out to eat or travel. But it has helped me to recognize portions of food so that I can better estimate calories when I do eat away from home.
  • lacquer_head
    lacquer_head Posts: 49 Member
    I just started using a food scale as well. It's amazing. I think i've found the key to losing the weight that I need to.
  • gostumpy
    gostumpy Posts: 156 Member
    Biggest thing my scale has taught me was how much freaking cereal I was eating!! I thought a serving was a bowlful... so I thought I was having 1.5 or 2 servings...

    After measuring, I think I was eating 4-6+ servings every time!!


    Also used it to find out my workboots are just over twice as heavy as my regular shoes... No wonder I don't have any bounce in my step! lol

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