Gram scale...

I'm wondering how many people have precise ways of measuring quantity?  I'm pretty anal... so when I eat things like cereal I measure it with a measuring cup.  For things like meat, I have just been guessing.  Do people use scales and if so do they make them that are pretty accurate?  What make and model would you suggest? 

Thanks!

There are quite a few scale types out there.  If you are serious about weighing your food, then get an electronic scale with a "tare" feature and the ability to switch between grams and ounces.  I usually come out pretty close to the actual number of servings.

I forget what kind I have, but mine weighs in 1/4 ounce/5 gram increments.  I would recommend 1/4 ounce/5 gram has the minimum increment you would want.

As to what I weigh, almost everything that isn't a prepackaged serving.  I'm not as picky with my veggies, I weigh once and then just do a guestimate on future days. 

I weigh things that I'm highly likely to over-eat, like cereal or ice cream... Plus it helps since the bowls we have are sooo huge and would equal 3 or 4 "servings" of cereal.

My bf bought me a Taylor Nutritional scale from Target. It's stainless steel, has the "tare" feature, and comes with a booklet of codes for hundreds of foods which you can enter and get nutrition data (calories, fiber, protein, etc etc) after you weigh them. It works great, but if you already use CC for those stats then its a little unnecessary (lol)...Personally I would have bought myself a cheaper, less-fancy scale.

I weigh things, cereal, yogurt, rice, pasta etc. I couldnt use cups its not accurate enough, scales definately give you a more precise measurement.

Thanks for the feedback.  I ordered a nice Taylor on Amazon with the tare feature that also does grams or oz.

Fun fun!!! 

Original Post by kent50021:

Fun fun!!! 

That's the spirit... make this whole 'diet' routine fun.  Keeps me in the zone like I'm winning at a game.

I use standard measuring cups and I have a digital scale that weighs either grams, with a 5 gram tolerance, or ounces with a 1/4 ounce tolerance.  It's plenty accurate enough for my purpose.  I don't worry about perfect accuracy, just the ballpark within 10 or so grams. 

After weighing food regularly for a long time, you get so you can "eyeball" the portion.

A nice feature on my scale is a flat weighing surface.  I can put my plate on it and zero out the weight, then add each food and zero it out, jotting it down as I go.  Then later I can log those amounts.