do you use scales to weigh your food?

[mrzeusone]

Do you weigh your food to get accurate readings on calories?

[Wonderbread3]

I use a scale to weigh meat and measuring cups for veggies, rice etc...

[tara19]

Yes, weigh everything.
It is the most reliable method.
Spoons/cups/etc are always out.

[shesprints]

The scale isn't just more accurate than measuring cups/spooons--it's also much easier to use (you don't have to dirty any extra utensiles, for one!), especially for baking. Most European recipes give quantities in grams anyhow. It's a lot more accurate.

Anyway, yes, I use a scale.

[illiniStrive]

Yes, weigh everything.
It is the most reliable method.
Spoons/cups/etc are always out.

This.

[WMLifting]

Unless going out to eat, then yes. Easier, faster, and more accurate than measuring utensils. Don't let it control you, though.

[gman1515]

Yes I weight everything, Since buying a scale a few months ago I haven't touched a measuring since (except to scoop stuff onto my scale) not only do you know exactly what your eating but like stated above recipes I.e. Oats rice and any kind of baking come out much better when exact amounts are used

[singeress]

Weighing out food on a digital food scale is amazing for accuracy. I never realized how off I was by guesstimating until I starting doing this.

[Robin13]

Yep like most I weigh everything spent many years spinning my wheels ! It takes but a few minutes and can save weeks if not months of hard training going down the pan

[matt1891]

yes

[amm165]

Weighing out food on a digital food scale is amazing for accuracy. I never realized how off I was by guesstimating until I starting doing this.

This. And never realized how off the manufacturer was on their servings. Brb says 4 servings, theres really 2.5

[ironwill2008]

Do you weigh your food to get accurate readings on calories?

Absolutely. I realized 20 years ago that it was just plain dumb to bust my hump in the gym all the time but then leave the most important aspect to making progress--my nutrition--to guesswork.

[EdenPrime]

Absolutely. I realized 20 years ago that it was just plain dumb to bust my hump in the gym all the time but then leave the most important aspect to making progress--my nutrition--to guesswork.

Well said.

[VmissileX]

when i was cutting...yes


Now I am bulking, I use satiety and also guesstimation in my head to calculate.


I've been decently accurate...2lbs a month in gainz..

[07gixxer]

I weigh food cut or bulk to make sure I'm hitting my macors but on a bulk I'm not as strict because I don't need to be.

[The Running Man]

I went through a period when I weighed everything for about six months, until I eventually felt like I could eyeball portion sizes for my most common foods within an acceptable margin of error. Now the only times I weigh food are when following a recipe (much more accurate than volume), and every once in a while I'll track my diet for a few days to make sure I'm inside of my tolerances.