Food Scale in Restaurant?

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cortesd
cortesd Posts: 58 Member
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Ok. Don't laugh at me. I really am curious: Does anyone use a food scale when dining out? I've contemplated getting a small portable scale, but I'm not sure I'm confident enough to shove my plate aside and start weighing my food while everyone else at the table looks on. Maybe I'm just a wuss... B)
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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    no
  • tcaley4
    tcaley4 Posts: 416 Member
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    My wife would probably take me out and shoot me or something if I did that.
  • PeiDub
    PeiDub Posts: 77 Member
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    No way.
  • MindyBruno
    MindyBruno Posts: 535 Member
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    tcaley4 wrote: »
    My wife would probably take me out and shoot me or something if I did that.

    Agreed, my husband already thinks I am a little crazy, this would probably put it over the edge. Not that I don't think about it though!
  • Traveler120
    Traveler120 Posts: 712 Member
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    Having to measure food at home is already sad enough. Lugging your scale to a restaurant is ridiculous.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    I've seen a few on here say they do, but I couldn't. My social anxiety is too great to consider that and have people judge me.
  • juliebowman4
    juliebowman4 Posts: 784 Member
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    Just my lil'ol'opinion:
    If I feel I can't relax in a social atmosphere with a friend or family member, and enjoy a meal without needing to weigh it.....then I've crossed some line between truly trying to adopt a healthy lifestyle, and obsession.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
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    No. You don't have enough control over everything else: amount of oil or butter or sugar used, kinds of ingredients, etc. Estimate calories and move on.
  • jacklifts
    jacklifts Posts: 396 Member
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    ask restaurant to weigh food out for you, or at least measure, for extra tip? still kinda crazy.
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
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    Jruzer wrote: »
    No. You don't have enough control over everything else: amount of oil or butter or sugar used, kinds of ingredients, etc. Estimate calories and move on.
    This.

    Weighing food only works when you know what you are weighing.
  • april_69xx
    april_69xx Posts: 13 Member
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    LOL i have visions of the cops pulling you over and finding a scale on you.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,488 Member
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    Nope. 80/20 rule. If I'm weighing 80% of my food at home then I don't worry about the other 20. I love my scale but it is a tool that stays at home.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,139 Member
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    no, when I go out it is to enjoy a nice meal and not worry about weighing it out. Besides, even if you could weigh it out it would not be accurate as you have no idea what they are putting in the sauce, etc, that is included with the meal.

    Just go out and enjoy a nice dinner from time to time. Part of the new lifestyle is learning that you cannot be 100% accurate all the time.
  • OyGeeBiv
    OyGeeBiv Posts: 733 Member
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    Practice "guessing" at home and see how close you can get to actual weight/volume. When you're pretty good at it, you'll be better able to estimate what you're eating when you're out.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
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    seska422 wrote: »
    Jruzer wrote: »
    No. You don't have enough control over everything else: amount of oil or butter or sugar used, kinds of ingredients, etc. Estimate calories and move on.
    This.

    Weighing food only works when you know what you are weighing.

    Exactly.
  • foreverslim1111
    foreverslim1111 Posts: 2,612 Member
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    I know that I have had to be a bit obsessive to have lost 20 lbs. But taking a scale to a restaurant would really be over the top. I look up the cals on line for chain restaurants, pick an entre and sides that total 400 or less cals, log it in advance then go and enjoy the meal with my friends.
  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
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    No. You can't know WHAT you are weighing, so you just estimate restaurant food and hope you are right.

    Anyway, unless you never eat at home and you are constantly eating at a restaurant, I wouldn't bother...
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
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    Some folks have said they do, but I can't fathom it. I can't imagine how it would be accurate. Or part of a healthy lifestyle.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,626 Member
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    Since you don't know what is in the food, knowing it's weight cannot be much help. You might be getting 800g, but 800g of what? You need the What to accurately log it. Restaurants don't give out their recipes, generally. Even if they did, the chef might've used a little more of this or that, so it would be impossible to be sure.

    The food comes to you plated. You don't know the weight of the plate, so you'd have to ask for another plate or bring your own and then begin transferring the food from one plate to another.

    Weighing at home is as crazy as I want to get with the weighing. If you want to do it, do it. It's just way more detailed (or obsessive) than I wish to be. I don't eat out much, though. Very rare. :)
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,575 Member
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    No. I draw the line there.

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