Guest guest Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Where did you get your scales? > > I also weigh and measure everything. I have a digital scale I keep > on my kitchen counter and a set of measuring spoons and cups. The > funny thing is that I usually underestimate things I weigh such as > meat, but I tend to overestimate things I measure like sour cream or > peanut butter go figure! I have learned that I just can't trust my > eyes. The digital scale I bought has a tare option on it so I can > place my plate on it and just keep adding food. It is very > convenient. I highly recommend getting a digital scale if you don't > have one. > > > > > > JB - Me too! Like you and Tory, I continue to weigh and measure > > everything. > > > You're right to not trust yourself on eyeballing things. That 1 > > tbsp of > > > peanut butter has a way of rounding itself into a nice mound > that > > can > > > actually measure at 1 1/2 or even 2 tbsps!! It's amazing how we > can > > trick > > > ourselves into thinking an amount of food is less than it really > is. > > > As for eating several times a day -- my friends think I'm > fibbing, > > somehow. > > > They don't understand how I can eat literally every two hours, > > right up to > > > 10pm before bed, and lose weight the way I've done. Maybe it > won't > > work for > > > every body, but for mine it works to keep that metabolism revved > > with > > > smaller amounts, more often. I actually eat six meals a day, > with > > sometimes > > > lunch being the largest and sometimes dinner--depending on the > day's > > > schedule and activities. Have I mentioned lately that I LOVE > Weight > > > Watchers? Well.......I love Weight Watchers! > > > Bette > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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