No I'm not on weight watchers and I use a scale- I find it really helps me with portion control :)

It's an interesting video, but I have a problem with it trying to equate measuring cups and spoons with grams of food. Grams is a weight measure, and measuring cups and spoons measure volume, not weight. So saying that a cup of dry oatmeal gives you more than your 40 gram "serving" is a "duh" thing to me. Of course it does!

A better way, if you're going to use measuring cups, is to scoop out the amount in your measuring cup, then weigh it, and know that that is how many grams your measuring cup gives for that food.

Or eschew measuring cups entirely for the scale.

But don't try to compare the two. They're are two different tools, and measure two different things.

I use my food scale because I don't have the ability to size portions by looking at them, just simply can't do it. I could not have lost the weight that I have without my tools and the food scale is a major tool for me.

I have the EatSmart Digital Nutrition Scale. I love it but it was overkill. I don't use all of its features and could have been happy with a much cheaper one. It is still simple to use though.

Features to look for in a scale -
*Like someone else posted above, look at the battery. I prefer plain ole AAs
* Weighs in both grams and ounces
* Will work with the container you most often use. I had one scale that I could not read because the display was hidden when I put a plate on it.
* The ability to zero out (tare) the weight. I weight one item on my plate, hit tare and then add the next item. Love this feature!
* Maximum weight it will hold. This may not matter to you but it is surprising how often my husband or I decide to weigh fairly large amounts, like 5 pounds. This is usually when we are cooking in bulk.

I guess the reason that comparing the 2 makes sense to me, it because the box say 1 cup of oatmeal is x amount of calories and then it says how many grams that is, making your think that 1 cup of that item weighs that many grams. I think what the video was trying to say was that the "1 cup" is not as accurate as you might think and you get more accurate results using the scale and grams.

I found a food scale at Superstore (PC brand) that calculates the calories, fibre, carbs, sodium ect...for $30. Hopefully it holds up for the long haul.