Why I needed a kitchen scale! (with pic)

heytherestephy · September 2012

I just got a kitchen scale as well, super handy for weighing pastas and cereal!

lcooke24 · September 2012

I love my scale! Don't know what I would do without it. No wonder I have weight issues. My idea of a serving was so wrong!

Johlawrence · September 2012

I just got a scale today and I am really looking forward to using it. I am sure my portions have been way off!!!

Pont32 · September 2012

Love mine we got this one at walmart

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Biggest-Loser-11-lb-Glass-Digital-Kitchen-Scale/19528896

tenaheff · September 2012

I think you only need to weigh it before cooking if it says "raw." If it says baked, or broiled, etc., then it means the cooked weight. At least for my other diet program that is how it works.

Tena

hullsmostwanted · September 2012

Cereal was catching me out too..

1 serving (30g) = 110 calories
1 serving + milk = 166 calories

what I was eating...

4 servings + milk = 664 calories (and usually a slice of toast)

Me getting overweight was down to incorrect assumptions but mostly fooling myself. The scales don't lie!

aarilynn · September 2012

One of the best things I've bought!!

I originally got it because I hated having to guess 2 oz of uncooked pasta. It was always under a cup cooked or over, or way over, now I can get the correct amount every time!

iAMsmiling · September 2012

I used a scale for a long time helping my wife through WLS. I'm pretty good at estimating and when in doubt, I try to err on the heavy side and not cut myself any slack.

iAMsmiling · September 2012

I just got my kitchen scale about 10 minutes ago (so excited!). This is one serving of Cascadian Farms organic cinnamon crunch cereal. The box says 1 cup (27 grams). Weight trumps volume, so this is what I should have been eating all along, when in the past I just fill the cup to the brim. Amazing what a difference this could mean for how fast I lose weight if I always use measuring cups. This is why I needed a kitchen scale!!!

Seems to me that the most important lesson in this picture is that you don't eat cereal.

uwdawg07 · September 2012

I love my scale. It's been so helpful!!

SideSteel · September 2012

Great post. This is just one small example as to why sooooooooooo many people, even those who count calories, are consuming more calories than they think.

donna_glasgow · September 2012

well done on your purchase of a kitchen scale ... yes it makes the portion size mean but on the plus its one of the best weight loss tools available, watch the weight melt away now

I cant stand trying to use cup and guestimate measurements Im always wrong lol

Anastasia0511 · September 2012

This is the scale that I use its awesome. It has a built in food label system and gives you every last detail about the food you're eating.

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=perfect+portions+digital+scale&hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&biw=1366&bih=682&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=3VpacR1VwxFYbM:&imgrefurl=http://www.ohgizmo.com/2010/07/28/perfect-portions-digital-scale/&imgurl=http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/perfect_portions.jpg&w=500&h=366&ei=iJFEUPv1EcX5igKz2oCYDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=340&vpy=155&dur=1232&hovh=192&hovw=262&tx=145&ty=112&sig=100894129079469258824&page=1&tbnh=140&tbnw=191&start=0&ndsp=18&ved
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It comes with a book of over 2000 items with codes that you put in for whatever food you're weighing or you can manually add your own if they're not in the book. This was one of the best most affordable purchases I have made in the last year.

blackgirlfit · June 2013

awesome thread! this is why im getting a food scale today! i feel like ive been eating wrong all along

Why I needed a kitchen scale! (with pic)

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