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Easy Food Weighing

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When weighing food, I put a piece of plastic wrap on the plate or scale before adding the food, then you can wrap it up and take it with you and the plate/scale doesn't get dirty.

- Submitted by RCAD133 5/14/2010 in Healthy Eating | 3 Comments

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Tare your utensil

If you are weighing foods and will be using the utensil you're scooping with, tare out the weight of both the container and the utensil before weighing the food.

This will make it easier to account for any food sticking to your utensil - it's easier than scraping off the utensil to ensure you aren't going over weight!

- Submitted by KKINNEA 5/14/2010 | 1 Comments | View Secret

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Measure and weigh your food

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My best purchase (after the athletic shoes) was a gram/ounce scale I found at Bed Bath and Beyond. I weigh foods now and can stop guessing at portion sizes. Get out those measuring cups too! When you're really hungry, it's easy to guess wrong.

- Submitted by CHARLOTTE1947 5/14/2010 | 4 Comments | View Secret

My trusty food scale

I bought an electric food scale with a good sized removable surface that is easy to wash. The scale stays on the kitchen counter, Instead of estimating I weigh my portions. This has really helped with eating the right serving size and getting an immediate visual of how much common foods weigh. Now when I eat out I have that image in my head and it keeps me on target.

- Submitted by FRAS113 5/14/2010 | 1 Comments | View Secret

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