Food Scale

You know, it's funny. I was thinking about going to buy one TODAY! I use measuring cups and measuring spoons all the time, but sometimes I have a chicken breast or some lunch meat I need to weigh. I have passed on certain foods in the grocery store because they list calories only by the ounce. But I think I need to go get that scale because while I am capable of working the cups and spoons, I don't know what that chicken breast weighs just by looking at. :-)

My wife and I find ours to be quite valuable. I'm terrible with portions and find that by weighing things I get a much more accurate calorie count than if I were to "eyeball" it. Invariably my "estimate" is way over -- many times double or more. Now I weigh everything unless MFP has a calorie count in cups or some similar measure (and I do use measuring cups and measuring spoons). Perhaps it's overkill, but it is working for both of us. Maybe with time I'll get better at estimating, but for now I'm sticking with the weights.

i finally broke down and got a small one from target for 5 bucks. it's been amazing for me to see how much i was over guessing weights and cheating my body of nutrients. while i would have loved a digital scale i figure my little thing works and it give me a ball park idea of how much things are. that's enough for me

I bought one at Wal-Mart for the diabetic in my family who never used it and I used it when I was dieting. Actually I still use it even though I'm at my goal/healthy weight. It's not a fancy one and was only $5-$10. I actually went and bought a second one!