food scales?

renae941
renae941 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 27 in Health and Weight Loss
I was looking at getting a food scale. well I actually have one of those old ones that looks like a pineapple. I am interested in an electronic one since I think it might be more accurate.

On that same topic. When you look at a label and it has a weight listed and then a piece number. Should I be weighing it instead of going by the piece count?
Thanks !

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  • MichelleSilverleaf
    MichelleSilverleaf Posts: 2,027 Member
    I'm of the mind that you should always weigh, even single-serve items. I've only ever come across one item that weighed as much as the label said, more often than not they can be off quite a bit one way or another and that can add up depending on your deficit and how often it's happening.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    renae941 wrote: »
    I was looking at getting a food scale. well I actually have one of those old ones that looks like a pineapple. I am interested in an electronic one since I think it might be more accurate.

    On that same topic. When you look at a label and it has a weight listed and then a piece number. Should I be weighing it instead of going by the piece count?
    Thanks !

    The nutrition information on the label is based on the weight listed. The number of pieces or the measuring cup/spoon amount is given as the closed approximation. I always weigh instead of going by the piece count, if I can.
  • amjohnsto1204
    amjohnsto1204 Posts: 6 Member
    Weighing is definitely more accurate! For me, though, it can become annoying to weigh everything I put into my body, so I admittedly do still sometimes guesstimate.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    I am of the opinion if that if you are going to go the scale route you should weigh everything that has a calorie or more initially. In time you may decide that a piece count is fine for a jar of sliced pickles but decisions like that comes with experience.

    A few weeks ago I got some Zaxby's chicken fingerz. I don't remember the specifics now but 4 fingerz was listed as a serving size with a weight. When I weighed them it only took 3 fingerz to add up to that weight.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    renae941 wrote: »
    I was looking at getting a food scale. well I actually have one of those old ones that looks like a pineapple. I am interested in an electronic one since I think it might be more accurate.

    On that same topic. When you look at a label and it has a weight listed and then a piece number. Should I be weighing it instead of going by the piece count?
    Thanks !

    It is the most accurate way, but probably something you can just play with. I never went the route of weighing every single thing...mostly focused on calorie dense stuff and meat for the most part. Your mileage may vary.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Weigh everything. If you don't weigh everything, you must accept fuzzy math. Don't ask people to tell you why you're not losing weight if your math is fuzzy.
  • NoExcusesFromNowOn
    NoExcusesFromNowOn Posts: 76 Member
    I thought I was eating 1200 calories until I started using the scale to measure. I always used cups. My kodiak pancake mix says 1/2 cup but it's really a little over 1/3. Luckily I don't eat a lot of packaged stuff but it was enough. All those small overages add up!! My scale is only ounces so I have to convert it all. A small pain but worth it!!
  • stacyemmynik
    stacyemmynik Posts: 22 Member
    I do both. If I'm not home i guesstimate. If im at home i weigh things. My boyfriend laughs at me when i bring my scale to the dinner table to make my plate.

    We're both trying to lose weight. He's lost 2lbs and no inches. I've lost 7lbs and 2in from my waist. He can laugh at me all he wants. Lol
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    My premium sandwich bread has the cals for 1 slice listed as 110/40g. More often than not the slices are 60g

    For 15$ I'd buy a scale and experiment with your servings. Sometimes I don't bother weighing things I know will only have a few grams difference (Dempsters hamburger buns being one of them) but I'm 5 years in, I know what I can afford to omit weighing.
  • GMgetsfit
    GMgetsfit Posts: 553 Member
    I use the scale and I was surprised at how on meat I was way off 2ozs makes a difference for me.
    After a time will notice you can eyeball it better and won't have to pull it out all the time.
    Sometimes I use it when I'm really hungry and my minds eyes wants to tell me lies, and prevent myself from cheating.
    Also I use it when I go back on calorie counting (after being off during vacation, binge,etc,) to be sure I optize results.
  • chandraminick
    chandraminick Posts: 452 Member
    I weigh a lot of stuff, but now reading that serving sizes are varrying from what nutritional facts state, I am curious enough to weigh that prepackaged stuff too instead of just taking the labels word for it.
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