"Jackie Patti" wrote in message
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Cubit wrote:

Religious use of Fitday or equivalent using a kitchen scale is the only
way to estimate calories. Eyeball estimates won't cut it.

I have never understood the need for a kitchen scale.

I couldn't get by without a scale. I have a lot of stuff I need to weigh.
Like I buy the big bowls of pre-cut melons, some canteloupe, some
watermellon, some honeydew, etc. I just can't guestimate that stuff, I need
to weigh it out.

I've been staying away from dairy recently, but shreded cheese, cottage
cheese, sour cream, etc. needs to be measured.

I almost always measure weight rather than volume. Its a lot easier to put
my plate on the scale, zero the scale, and then measure out x oz's of
cottage cheese than to mess with measureing cups.

If something is packaged, weighed out and easy to divide, then I do it your
way. Like an 8oz block of cheese, I'll take a 1/4 or a 1/2 of the package
and know exactly what I'm getting. I also buy pre-packaged green salads,
cole slaw, brocolli with cauliflower and carrots, etc. I just make it a
point to either eat 1/2 or all of the package in one day.

Mike