I do not regulary use a food scale for my own eating, but I have one
and it is very useful for all kinds of projects. Mine is a digital
scale from walmart. It is very accurate.

I have one - its just a little spring loaded one that goes up to 16
ounces with a removable plastic box for the food. It was under 10$, and
yes it was useful.

I'm on maintenance now, having lost 60lb, and I'm still using it a lot.
I'm in the habit (for example) of buying large quantities of boneless
skinless chicken when I see it on sale. I then weigh it into individual
servings (3 1/2- 5 ounces), throw it into baggies and freeze them. Then
its ready to toss into a wok of veggies or whatever, and I don't have
to think about what meat to eat or how much to eat.

I find weighing many things easier than going by volume. So, its useful
for figuring out portion size (on my diet, I was supposed to eat 16
ounces of veg a day minimum, and yes, I weighed it out, since I found I
couldn't eyeball the quantity and get it right). If you are a calorie
counter, a scale is also very handy, since the charts often quote
calories per weight of the food i.e. and just how big a piece is 1
ounce of blue cheese??

Mary G.

It's been very helpful.  I use a gemini with a stove timer on the
reverse side.

Yes!

Very helpful for portion control & for discovering how often you eat double
or triple servings thinking it's just a single serving.

A very basic, tiny little mechanical thing with a little removable plastic
container at the top that cost me ?3 at the most (that's like US$5). It
shows the weight in both grams & ounces & is also useful for preparing
recipes for one or two.

 Thanks!

i use one  all the time. It doesn't measure in particularly small
increments. I wish it did.

I have two scales.  One has a capacity of 30 pounds and is accurate to about
a tenth of an ounce.  I use it for most foods.

My second scale can only handle up to 100 grams, but the accuracy is to the
hundredth of a gram.  I use it to measure out freeze dried coffee, powdered
splenda, and L-glutamine powder.

Ours is made by Salter -- don't know a model number, but it's got a
round black weighing platform on a silver-metallic colored rectangular
base.  It works fine.  I use it all the time, since I count calories.
Couldn't follow my WOE without a scale.

Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

Thanks for all the responses!  I found a great deal on a Salter electronic
(local paper, talk about serendipity).   So I put out what I thought was 3
ounces of smoked turkey and then weighed it.  haha, what a shock.  It's
going to be a good investment.

Mel
eat less, move more
225/220/160

Leafing through alt.support.diet, I read a message from avid@learner.org of
15 Mar 2005:

I use a SALTER HOUSEWARES Aquatronic Kitchen Scale

Here's a good review of the best digital scale manufacturers

http://www.digitalscale.com/brands.htm

Phil M.