What do you weigh on your food scale?

hballack
hballack Posts: 114 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hello,

Recently bought a food scale and I am loving it! I started weighing all of my meat, whole fruits, and "bad foods" like ice cream.

At work I snack on nuts sometimes and wish I had my scale available to weigh those instead of just eating a "handful".

What do you weigh on your food scale? (Hint Hint, I'm looking for ideas for what else I should be weighing.)

Thanks,

Heather
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  • cb83580
    cb83580 Posts: 136 Member
    Everything.
  • glin23
    glin23 Posts: 460 Member
    Drinks, powders, grains, etc...
  • missdaisy79
    missdaisy79 Posts: 566 Member
    Pasta and rice mostly, because I always over portion myself if I measure by eye. I used to measure porridge as well, until I started using the little easy prepare packs.
  • LJGettinSexy
    LJGettinSexy Posts: 223 Member
    Nothing! I'm not going to weigh food forever, so I don't weigh it now. Way too much trouble.
  • britzzie
    britzzie Posts: 338 Member
    Everything.

    Yep! I weigh out snacks before I take them to work. Also, I weigh salad dressing, peanut butter, chocoloate syrup, and anything else I'd normally have to use a spoon for. For accuracy AND because I don't want to wash the measuring spoons six times a day.
  • ArchyJill
    ArchyJill Posts: 548 Member
    Anything non-liquid
  • mamosh81
    mamosh81 Posts: 409 Member
    everything
  • saxmaniac
    saxmaniac Posts: 1,133 Member
    I stepped on it, and it broke, so I can't tell how much I weigh :(

    Seriously... it's best to start with calorie-dense foods, things with inconsistent shapes and volumes, or both. Things like peanut butter, breakfast cereal, pretzels.

    Some scales read negative, which is helpful. So you can do things like put a big container of peanuts on it, zero it out, grab a few handfuls, and then when it's done it reads how much you've taken, rather than putting it into a container.
  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,206
    Everything.
  • kender54
    kender54 Posts: 58 Member
    There's very little I DON'T weigh on my food scale. Sometimes I even weigh prepackaged foods to make sure they contain how much they say they contain. Cheese, vegetables, fruit, cottage cheese, snack crackers, nuts, peanut butter. I even weigh lettuce even though a little extra has very few calories.
  • ezziepug
    ezziepug Posts: 57
    I weigh meat and all "bad" foods as you say.I also weigh pasta. I find I always overdo it when I measure by the cup ("Oh, I might as well give myself two rounded cups" or I stuff spaghetti so tight in the cup that I can't get it out!). I always overeat pasta, so the scale has helped keep me honest. I bought a cheaper manual scale at work so I can weigh there too. I have my fancy digital one at home. I'd get one for work. I find it helps.
  • marciabwls
    marciabwls Posts: 80 Member
    I weight everything.. love my scales :flowerforyou:
  • TheBrolympus
    TheBrolympus Posts: 586 Member
    Everything
  • MzManiak
    MzManiak Posts: 1,361 Member
    *In my Katt Williams voice*

    Ev-er-y-thang.
    Everythang?
    Ev-er-y-thang!

    Love him.:bigsmile:
  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    Almost everything. I don't weigh liquids like milk, though, I use measuring spoons/cups for that. I measure the food I take to work. Nuts, peanut butter, chips, ice cream, cereal, meat, fruit, veggies, protein powder, butter, sugar, cheese, sauces (ketchup, sour cream, dressing).... :smile:
  • GetSoda
    GetSoda Posts: 1,267 Member
    Fast food.

    Fries, for example, are usually 25-50% more than the nutrition info states.
  • SmallMimi
    SmallMimi Posts: 541 Member
    Everything:bigsmile:
  • SpecialKitty7
    SpecialKitty7 Posts: 678 Member
    i weigh everything. i've even found weighing tough stuff like peanut butter works out better than trying to measure it. i've found that packages quite often misstate a food size. for example, the last package of cheese slices i bought claimed each slice weighed 21 grams, but they were actually 24! those small bits add up.
  • kali31337
    kali31337 Posts: 1,048 Member
    Everything.

    this!
  • tmpecus78
    tmpecus78 Posts: 1,206 Member
    Everything.

    THIS
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    I pretty much weigh anything. Some things I don't mind eyeballing, low carlorie fruits or berries where it isn't a huge deal if I'm not spot on. For things like meat, cheese and nuts or if I'm making a recipe I consider it essential!
  • SemperAnticus1643
    SemperAnticus1643 Posts: 703 Member
    I weight everything as well. Although in times when I do have to eyeball something, I'm pretty sure I overshoot it. :)
  • BeccaBollons
    BeccaBollons Posts: 652 Member
    I am addicted to my food scale, and have taken to preparing sandwiches on it. I put my bread on first, zero it, then the margerine, zero it, then the tuna! I guess I am being a little anal, but I'm quite enjoying the accuracy! I weigh out chocolates, definitely rice and pasta, bread you have to cut yourself (rather than pre-sliced) salad- literally it all goes on the scale.
  • caseythirteen
    caseythirteen Posts: 956 Member
    Pretty much everything I can. Even slices of bread are rarely the exact weight that is listed on the package. Especially when I am mixing things in a bowl, it's so much easier to just put it on the scale and keep adding to the bowl instead of using measuring cups anyway.
  • Tam2oh
    Tam2oh Posts: 27
    I weigh cheese, meat, and fruit, but I just use measuring cups and spoons for everything else.
  • bluekadoo02
    bluekadoo02 Posts: 4
    I weigh pretty much everything. Keeps me honest to tell you the truth. ;-) As far as the "handful" of nuts, if you are really worried about it, you could always weigh them at home and then just bring them to work. You could put them in little snack baggies, or little tupperware containers. If the thought of doing that everyday seems a bit tedious, you could find a container with little dividers that would let you pack up a week's worth all at once or something. Where there is a will, there is a way. :-D Congrats on the scale. You will love it!

    -Katie
  • dsjohndrow
    dsjohndrow Posts: 1,820 Member
    Same as on my bathroom scale... ;)

    Anything that portions are measured in weight. Read the label. You can convert cups to weight by zeroing your scale with an empty cup. Same with stuff like peanut butter. BTW - a teaspoon is a level teaspoon.
  • wildcatnyc
    wildcatnyc Posts: 2,410 Member
    Anything in which the servicing size is given in ounces or grams - I have a food scale at work and at home...
  • Faye_Anderson
    Faye_Anderson Posts: 1,495 Member
    Food (and parcels) :flowerforyou:
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    Nothing. I don't have one. I am not opposed, but I've made it this far without one so I think I am doing ok!

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