food scale? should i get one

Love mine. I find it very useful for cereal & chips & other things that don't fit into a measuring cup well vary in size.

I wonder what people would think if I pulled out an old school portable scale at restaurants?

One of my MFP friends took her scale to a restaurant so she could make sure she only ate 6 oz of chicken! I have a scale at home and one at work. Never took one to a restaurant, though.

Hi Alise,

I do not use food scale because I do not have the time and the patience to measure every single meal during the day plus I do not count calories. If I count the calories and under my lmit I tend to eat things I should not be eating and that mess up my progress. What I usually do is measure my meat, fish and poultry portions by the size of my hand's palm, that is usually 100-150 gr of meat and the carbs such as oats, gluten free pasta, brown riceand veggies is one small cup for a day and then I distribute them by my meals (5-6 meals per day) that makes between 15 to 20 grs per meal.

I couldn't live without my food scale! I even weigh my cereal in the morning because I find it's so much easier than using a measuring cup. Definitely recommend getting one!

Me too. Plus measuring cups, for liquids, and also measuring spoons.....

I wonder what people would think if I pulled out an old school portable scale at restaurants?

Lol there's your next forum topic - Truth or Dare - Dare: use food scale in public restaurant, must take picture for proof

I'm in, I will have to check my local thrift stores, if I can find one I will so do this.

We have 2 of them and weigh everything that we eat. Measuring is not nearly as accurate because everyone sees "1/2 cup" as a different level of full.

Measuring is as accurate. How much is a half cup isn't a matter of opinion. It's four fluid ounces. "Handful" is a subjective, half cup is objective. The problem is people DON'T measure, they guess. About both weight and volume. Come on. Get real.

While guessing rather than measuring is sure to be a problem, volume measurement of non-liquids is not as exact as determining mass.
Think about it this way, if you measure out 1 cup of flake cereal from the top of the box where most of the flakes are large and intact there will be lots of empty space in your measuring device. by contrast, as you get to the bottom of the box, where most flakes are small and broken, you'll fit a much greater amount of cereal in that same physical space.

But if what you're doing is working for you... don't sweat it. stick with it. if you're having problems, then maybe it's time for a change