Weighing your food

gleechick609
gleechick609 Posts: 544 Member
edited October 5 in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone else weigh their food? I purchased the Biggest Loser Taylor food scale from Bed, Bath and Beyond last year. The best 20.00 I ever spent!!! :D

It's nice to see what 3 oz of deli sliced turkey or 28 grams of almonds REALLY is!

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  • BeLightYear
    BeLightYear Posts: 1,450 Member
    Yes, I weigh everything! I have the same scale and absolutely love the Tare setting!!
  • Melis25Fit
    Melis25Fit Posts: 811 Member
    Thats the one I have. I'm obsessed with weighing EVERYTHING. Measuring cups don't really do anything for me anymore. I'm a food scale freak. haha.
  • schnugglebug
    schnugglebug Posts: 330 Member
    My finace calls me crazy but yep I weight everything too :D lol
    I got a starfrit scale for 10.00 at Canadian tire and it is great... my son is even into weighting things... well just cause it is cool to see the number :P
  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
    Yes! I love seeing that I can eat over a cup of cheerios for about 100 calories; sometimes serving sizes are off, and that's a fantastic surprise :D
  • juliapurpletoes
    juliapurpletoes Posts: 951 Member
    i have the same scale too! And, yeah, I measure everything...made losing so much easier faster and better. I noticed that my friends who have stalled in their losses really don't weigh their food. They just make guesses. So keep on weighing!
  • amymaria91
    amymaria91 Posts: 202
    Yes I weigh everything too! I feel like I'd be cheating myself if I just guessed
  • gleechick609
    gleechick609 Posts: 544 Member
    Glad to see I am not the only one!! :)
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    When I bought a scale and discovered what a true serving of peanut butter was, I shed a tear.
  • gleechick609
    gleechick609 Posts: 544 Member
    When I bought a scale and discovered what a true serving of peanut butter was, I shed a tear.

    LOL. Was it a good tear or a bad tear??
  • lilyinlove
    lilyinlove Posts: 441 Member
    Yes I weigh everything!

    I shed a tear over peanut butter as well...:sad:
  • normusnonaliam
    normusnonaliam Posts: 128 Member
    When I bought a scale and discovered what a true serving of peanut butter was, I shed a tear.

    Hahahahahahah.
  • Kimmer2011
    Kimmer2011 Posts: 569 Member
    I weigh everything. I find that I'm as likely to underestimate as overestimate, so it's good to be sure.
  • soniyamas
    soniyamas Posts: 160 Member
    Yes, I do this all the time. I first weigh my food then log it then eat.. Yes it seems a lot of work but it is all paying off little by little. :smile:
  • urbanmasala
    urbanmasala Posts: 95 Member
    Weighing and measuring is the name of the game for me! Otherwise, I can get waaaay off.
  • NiciS72
    NiciS72 Posts: 1,043 Member
    YES Ma'am! This is one of the things I always tell people to start doing when they ask for advice. If you look at the labels of things they'll say 1 link (78g) 1/2 Cup (58g) etc. If you go by the 1 link or 1/2 cup you're most likely eating WAY MORE than a serving size. It was a pain at first, but now that we're in the groove we weigh everything all the time. I even plan to bring my scale with us when we go to my parents for Christmas!
  • Maputi
    Maputi Posts: 49 Member
    Yes, I weigh some things, especially things that are purchased in bulk.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    When I bought a scale and discovered what a true serving of peanut butter was, I shed a tear.

    LOL. Was it a good tear or a bad tear??

    Definitely a bad tear
  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,235 Member
    I weigh everything. I'm cooking for one, but on the occasion I cook a "one pan" recipe with more than one serving I weigh everything as it goes into the pan and then dump the whole recipe into a bowl on the scale and divide the total weight by the servings to get proper numbers. "One cup serving" means nothing when you are cooking multiple foods in one dish where some may expand and some may shrink. I'm guaranteed "one-fourth" of the recipe if I weigh out one-fourth of the total recipe. Heh
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