We are pleased to announce that on March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor will be introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the upcoming changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

Food scale

SinomenJen
SinomenJen Posts: 262 Member
edited February 3 in Health and Weight Loss
Interesting! I bought a food scale, and low and behold...I have been under-estimating my food. What I thought was about 4oz of chicken was 2 oz, my oatmeal I was a few grams under,, etc etc etc.. Now I am going around weighing things like crazy LOL!!

Replies

  • fultimers
    fultimers Posts: 153 Member
    I made do for years with just a cheap non-digital scale. Now that I have the digital scale, I love it! I use it multiple times every day.
  • mellylq
    mellylq Posts: 50 Member
    I cook and bake a lot. I've been using mine to weigh entire amounts for the things I make, and I'm writing down the calories beside the each ingredient, so that I'll always know how many calories I've had...even when it's something with a lot of ingredients. I made homemade ham salad last night and weighed the entire chunk of ham. This food scale thing is da bomb!
  • eblakes93
    eblakes93 Posts: 372 Member
    I just bought mine and I am already in love. I like it because I don't really feel confined to 1/3 cup/1/2 cup etc anymore. I just eat what I want, measure and log. It was so nice to pour cereal into a bowl without putting it into a cup first!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,668 Member
    Mine live on my bench and I only "cup measure" liquid now. A good digital food scale is a must.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    my food scale has been very helpful to me in this whole process. I find that since it's already on the counter, I'm also using it more when cooking/baking/portioning out food from bulk purchases.
  • _KrisMarie_
    _KrisMarie_ Posts: 146
    Good for you for checking! I don't weigh everything, but I use my scale daily. It's very helpful!
  • elkahallick
    elkahallick Posts: 1,138 Member
    I keep a scale at home and at work....... Both used daily!
  • doubglass
    doubglass Posts: 314 Member
    After a month I was able to stop using my scale. Could pretty much eyeball food and know the weight. Still get it out once in a while to see if my estimates are creeping away from accuracy -- hasn't happened.
This discussion has been closed.

Categories