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Weighing food

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LittleSunflower

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Hello all, considering it looks like I will be starting on Novorapid (finally) ASAP
I need to be weighing my food to calculate the insulin dosage, even if it is half a unit now, I’d like to have the kit ready for future use
What food weighing scales do you all use? Any recommendations from Argos or anything of the sort? Thank you
 
Any kitchen scale that you can zero easily so you can add another item without needing to remove the previous item .I prefer a flat scale as I can put a plate on it if needed.

I hope you are right about the Novorapid I find my Echo pen very handy , it can deliver half units and is very sturdy , it has a basic memory, very handy for those did I or didn’t I moments
 
Any electronic scales will do. The easy zeroing is important so that you can use any containers.
It quickly gets easier and helps you to eyeball meals when out and get a good estimate.
 
One tip I would give is to ensure you can get the largest plate you use onto the scale and still see the numbers. I had a flat version, but my plate overlapped the resulting numbers making them very difficult to see. I later got a folding scale and can put the plate onto them and still see the numbers.
 
I got one with a pan (is that the right word?) as I find it easier than fiddling around with various plates and bowls. I usually go for Salter ones, but I did once have another brand and that was fine. I was given a set as a present once. Those did all kinds of extra things but they weren’t accurate. I could weigh the same thing and get wildly different results. So, don’t be mislead by lots of features. I’d rather pay more for quality accurate ones.
 
I use a Britfit digital scale 500g in 0.01g increments. Got it from Amazon.

It is very small at about 3" X 4" so I use either a small bowl
Plate or a small bowl when weighing food.

For larger plates and meals I use a Britfit Smart Nutrition Scale. Again bought on Amazon. Up to 5Kg in 1g increments. It is about 6" by 10"

I use the smaller one more than the larger one.

Both were reasonably priced and both work really well.

I couldn't do my meals without them.
 
I do a lot of baking so continue to use the scales I have had for many years. It is one of the flatbed ones, probably Salter
It may not be the most accurate and is definitely not precise as it goes no lower than 1g but given the inaccuracies of carb content estimates, inaccuracies of our meters and the many other things which can affect our blood sugars, I do not stress about being 1 or 2 grams out.

It is accurate enough for me to repeatedly make tasty bread which is important 🙂
 
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If you are going to put plates or bowl on there then make sure it will weigh enough to accommodate that as well as the food.
If it is always out on your worktop then you are more likely to use it.
 
I have a cheap one from B&M stores. It was about £5 The only thing I really used it for was to weight my breakfast cereal when I was experimenting with granolas and porridge. Now I just buy a low carb granola and have a sprinkle on top of my fruit and yoghurt for breakfast which can't really be far enough out to make a difference. I eat low carb for the rest of the day so not really anything to weigh. The odd time I have potatoes I eyeball them. The cheap scales have worked fine though, but don't look as pretty as my proper brass balance scales with lbs and oz weights.
 
I use this one. I got it cheaper off ebay though. It’s larger and more expensive than other scales but I can put a large dinner plate or baking tray on it and still see the numbers. Most scales the plate covers the numbers.

Salter Mini-Max Kitchen Scales, Small + Practical, Measure Food / Ingredients Weight, Weigh up to 5kg, Metric + Imperial, g oz ml fl.oz. Stylish Design, Easy Wipe Clean, 15 Year Guarantee - White https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06W5...abc_GKZJZAD0MAQWRG4NMJB3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
 
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My Salter 'add & weigh' scales that I paid a whole £10 for about 15 years ago or longer decided to pop their clogs - took me ages to remember to buy some more batteries then tried the new batteries in it and still nowt.
Still have a set of Rosemary Conley scales that had many complex features which I never really got to grips with and they stopped zeroing between adding ingredients to the same mixing bowl or plate ages since - but still do simple weighing accurately enough so NP.

I 'swear by' Salter scales cos the factory was in West Bromwich - and one of the local senior schools was named after George S so he most likely paid for it to be built!
 
I have about 5 or 6 sets of scales around - the oldest being the antique ones with weights to add to one side. I have always done a lot of knitting, dyeing, yarn making in general and used the scales to check amounts when being worked on and also for posting things off. I can't recall any of them stopping working - the electronic ones, I mean.
When using the electronic ones I have a couple of rings which fit on top of the weighing plate - just bits of tubes, and the plate can go on top of that and it lifts it up high enough to see the displays. Only needs a few inches clearance. I expect that a cereal bowl would do the same thing and give them a new purpose in life.
 
Lucyr said:
I use this one. I got it cheaper off ebay though. It’s larger and more expensive than other scales but I can put a large dinner plate or baking tray on it and still see the numbers. Most scales the plate covers the numbers.

Salter Mini-Max Kitchen Scales, Small + Practical, Measure Food / Ingredients Weight, Weigh up to 5kg, Metric + Imperial, g oz ml fl.oz. Stylish Design, Easy Wipe Clean, 15 Year Guarantee - White https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06W5...abc_GKZJZAD0MAQWRG4NMJB3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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Gimme back my scales lol.
Had mine around 4/5 yrs now . Got it from Amazon but I sure didn’t pay that much for mine
 
Ljc said:
Gimme back my scales lol.
Had mine around 4/5 yrs now . Got it from Amazon but I sure didn’t pay that much for mine
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I got mine off eBay for £15-£20 ish. Worth it for something so easy to read, after all I use them multiple times a day every day for many years
 
Actually realised I linked to the wrong ones too, mine are the 15kg “max” ones which have the bigger dimensions of 35x26cm, to fit the whole dinner plate.

Sites-ASDA-Site

direct.asda.com direct.asda.com
 
Lucyr said:
Actually realised I linked to the wrong ones too, mine are the 15kg “max” ones which have the bigger dimensions of 35x26cm, to fit the whole dinner plate.

Sites-ASDA-Site

direct.asda.com direct.asda.com
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I will have to go and check mine now lol ,
I think I paid around £15 for it.
 
Ljc said:
I will have to go and check mine now lol ,
I think I paid around £15 for it.
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Full size large dinner plate and fork for scale of the beast
 

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