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03-28-2012, 04:49 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Beautiful Utah
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Who uses a food scale
My daughter and I are both Type 1 diabetics and were told by her doctor to start using a food scale. They want us to be more precise on the amount of carbs were eating. I bought one at Target and love it. It does take a little more planning on my part but showed me I was really under estimating on are carb intake. I used it all day today and was amazed how off I've been on not just carbs but fat, calories, etc... Was just curious if anyone else has had good luck using a food scale to help in there weight loss journey.
Sorry if I posted this in the wrong place
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03-28-2012, 04:50 PM
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...and I need to dance!
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 75
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I use one and I love it. Makes me realize how off my ideas of portion sizes were.
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03-28-2012, 05:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Canada
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I use one and couldn't live without it! Mine is a Weight Watchers food scale, so it also will tell me how many points something is, which is great. Instead of having to always have the serving size, or exactly half or double, I just slap an amount on the scale, enter the info in, and it tells me how many points for how much I've put on the scale. Or it'll just tell me the weight of the food if that's all I need to know.
I highly recommend them! (Not just the WW scales, but food scales in general).
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03-28-2012, 05:55 PM
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Stephanie
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 3,221
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YES! They're great. Love mine!
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03-28-2012, 05:56 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 40
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Height: 5' 4"
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I do. I use it mainly for certain high calorie foods such as meat, cheese and nuts. I also use it for hard to measure stuff like strawberries.
Last edited by kcoftx; 03-28-2012 at 06:02 PM.
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03-28-2012, 06:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 689
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Height: 5'2"
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I've been planning to buy one for ages. Not just for weightloss purposes either. Most UK recipes are in weights rather than cups for flour, sugar, etc. and my mil always gets frustrated trying to bake while she's visiting us.
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03-28-2012, 06:11 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Philadelphia suburbs
Posts: 103
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I invested a couple of years of using a food scale diligently. That was years ago. At this point in my journey though, it's simply unnecessary and I prefer to do it with my eyeballs.
I've found that everyone's different when it comes to relying on a scale or not. For some, it's overkill and applies too much rigidity to the process. For others it's their lifeblood.
One thing's for certain though... I think almost everyone should start out with using one. It can be quite eyeopening in terms of understanding servings sizes, energy density, and total daily intake. The insight it can provide is invaluable.
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03-28-2012, 06:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 674
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Height: 5'7
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I use a digital food scale for almost everything except liquids. It is more accurate than using measureing cups! LOVE IT!
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03-28-2012, 06:31 PM
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August 2013 restart
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 349
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Height: 5'2"
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me me!!!
I use it mainly for cereal, nuts, and meat.
Every once in a while I'll throw a piece of fruit or something else on there and recheck the calories online just to make sure I am staying inline.
It definitely is a portion control eye-opener!! Love it!!
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03-28-2012, 06:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Davis, Ca
Posts: 23,149
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I jusrt recently started using one and already I have learned that I was underestimating measurements that I was using before. I have a Wolfgang Puck digital scale that I got through HSN.
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03-28-2012, 07:07 PM
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Overweight again...dang
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Arizona
Posts: 876
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Height: 5'5"
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I've been using one so long, I've become pretty good at eyeballing portion size too! I love my food scale!
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03-28-2012, 08:54 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Seattle, Washington
Posts: 109
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Yep, I weigh my protein to make sure I am getting enough. I only weigh it "after" it cooks (not before). I also use measuring cups for veggies and meausuring spoons for condiments. I need the structure.
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03-28-2012, 09:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 525
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Height: 5'10.5
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I weigh pretty much everything now!! before, I was totally off with portion sizes for cheese and fruit especially. I can't believe i tried to lose weight without it :-)
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03-28-2012, 10:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: California
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Height: 5'6"
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It makes my life so much easier. Love my food scale!
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03-28-2012, 11:10 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Illinois
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Height: 5'6"
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I love mine! I started using it to really learn what portion sizes were. I needed a "back to basics" approach, I never thought much about portion size before I bought the scale. I was easily eating 3-4 portions of everything before
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