Need a good electronic food scale recommendation

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ahajioff

Joined: Mar 09
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Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 12:05
Hi, I need a good recommendation for an electronic counter top food scale. Batteries vs adapters, ones you know DON'T work well, lowest price etc. Thanks!
jlscalese

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Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 12:17
I'm just curious...sorry, I'm new to this stuff. What is the purpose of a food scale?
k8yk

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Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 12:26
I have this one and it is AWESOME. It has helped me so much. Completely worth the price, very easy to use.
Soehnle Futura Digital Scale

jlscalese, the purpose is to measure portion sizes. You can do this by volume also for many things (1/2 cup of rice, etc) but for many things that is not practical.

I freaking love this scale, it has changed my life. No, really! I now know exactly what a serving of pasta looks like.

Things I'd look for if you look at other scales:
Digital read out
Tare function (so you can zero it out with a bowl or plate on it)
Measures in ounces and grams. Some packaging only lists one or the other. It really helps to be able to use either.
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skinnymomma

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Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 12:32
weight watchers has a good scale too- it will give you points values as well
jlscalese

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Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 12:45
Cool...I'll pick one up. Anything to help with my quest...lo.l. Right now I am "guessing" portions. Probably not a good idea..haha
k8yk

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Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 12:59
Yes, I was guessing for 3/4 of the year. When I finally got the scale, I realized I had been underestimating on some things (one serving of pasta or rice was about 1/2 the size I thought) and overestimating on other things (one serving of ground turkey was about twice as much as I thought!)

Wait until you see what one ounce of cheese looks like Smile Once I saw that, I realized why I got so fat to begin with, lol!
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kelligyrl

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Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 15:52
I love the newest weight watchers scale. It allows you to put a piece of fruit on it and type in the fruit and it will determine based on the weight what the points are for the fruit; something that I've given less points in the past.
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cmp9969

Joined: Jan 10
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Posted: 03 Feb 2010, 07:03
There is a Biggest Loser scale that has the tare, the digital read out, multiple measurements and it has the nutritional information for like 900 foods.
Chris



 
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