Tip Of The Week: Kitchen Scale - Your Best Healthy Eating Tool

First of all, get your hands on a kitchen scale so you can weigh out accurate portions. This is best-kept secret for calorie counting!
If you are on a diet, you are watching food portion, macros, ma and calories. A great way to keep yourself honest is to use a kitchen scale (also known as food scale) . Why? Because some people normally eat servings that are much larger than recommended amounts. A kitchen scale teaches you portion control and keeps you from eating more than you planned.

Why kitchen Scale Is Better?

Important part of learning about correct serving sizes. A food scale will show you that the portion you thought was 100g may actually weigh 150g or more! This is a kind of mistake that could derail your diet/weight loss.If your weight loss has stalled and you are looking for ways to troubleshoot the problems, getting more control over your food intake and weighing your food is your best bet.

That being said, you don't need to weigh every single thing you eat. But it best to weigh most calorie-dense and carb-dense foods: nuts, avocado, pumpkin, keto flours, protein (like beef and chicken) etc. Now some foods - like oil and sweeteners - are very consistent. A tablespoon of oil will always be a tablespoon of oil - it's not really going to vary in weight. When in doubt, check food nutrition label. If the serving size is given in weight (especially when gram size is stated), your best bet is to put it on a food scale.

Using kitchen scale often will also sharpen your calorie estimation skills when you're eating out. Once you know what a 170g steak looks like, you will recognize an oversized fillet if it shows up on your plate. Knowledge is power, folks! 

 

Further reading suggestion:

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