Just bought a food scale; what do I weigh?

soccerkon26
soccerkon26 Posts: 596 Member
edited November 14 in Food and Nutrition
im definitely going to weigh my meat. What else? Fruits? Vegetables?

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  • futuremanda
    futuremanda Posts: 816 Member
    All solids. Including packaged food, if you're up for it, as it does vary from the label.
  • AmazonMayan
    AmazonMayan Posts: 1,168 Member
    all of it. I even weigh store bought baked goods like bread, pitas and tortillas, etc and they are always over the weight on the package - sometimes enough to make a big difference in calories
  • notnikkisixx
    notnikkisixx Posts: 375 Member
    Pretty much everything but liquids! For very low-cal items like lettuce or spinach I tend to just eyeball it. Everything else, however, I weigh.
  • lcooper327
    lcooper327 Posts: 112 Member
    If you choose not to weigh everything, I would say nuts, peanut butter, meats, cheese. Anything that packs a serious punch and a small amount can make a difference. I started by weighing things like bananas and apples to get a feel for it and now I can get away with estimating for those and it doesn't effect loss.
  • Cortelli
    Cortelli Posts: 1,369 Member
    Weigh your bread, too! We get a lot of sourdough and such that is irregular by design and there is no way to get an accurate sense of what the serving size is given wildly differing slice sizes!
  • fcevallos
    fcevallos Posts: 44 Member
    I food prep on Sundays and say I make a soup recipe that is supposed to make 4 servings, I weigh it out evenly into 4 plastic containers. Very helpful for splitting recipes.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    everything that you can.

    end thread/
  • JessicaP327
    JessicaP327 Posts: 64 Member
    Agreed.
    Everything you can weigh, you weigh. Period.
  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    Everything. Just weighed tuna, broccoli and ice cream for dinner. I even weigh my coffee creamer when I'm at home on weekends.
  • AquabearGO
    AquabearGO Posts: 232 Member
    Ive heard that you should weigh EVERYTHING......except your cat. I found out the hard way that cats are VERY sensitive about their weight.......
  • slucki01
    slucki01 Posts: 284 Member
    everything except liquids
  • Timorous_Beastie
    Timorous_Beastie Posts: 595 Member
    AquabearGO wrote: »
    Ive heard that you should weigh EVERYTHING......except your cat. I found out the hard way that cats are VERY sensitive about their weight.......

    You can't tell the cat you're weighing them. Just let them think it's a fancy cat throne. Or put a cardboard box on it, and tare the scale. The cat cannot resist a box, and will never know.


  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,348 Member
    If it's not liquid, it goes on the scale.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    i weight some liquids but not that many ….
  • rachelnumberone
    rachelnumberone Posts: 15 Member
    AquabearGO wrote: »
    Ive heard that you should weigh EVERYTHING......except your cat. I found out the hard way that cats are VERY sensitive about their weight.......

    CUTE!
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