Reddit reviews Ozeri Pronto Digital Multifunction Kitchen and Food Scale, Silver

A digital scale and a measuring cup are all you need. A decent digital scale only costs about $15. This is the scale I have. http://www.amazon.com/Ozeri-Digital-Multifunction-Kitchen-Elegant/dp/B004101GQC/ref=zg_bs_678508011_25

It can be purchased for the same price at Walmart and a few other retailers as well.

/r/keto is a good resource, check out the sidebar for piles of links, or dive in and ask a question.

80lbs down for me, works great. At the base of it all, it's still calories-in-calories-out, but it's so much easier to feel full and satiated on a keto diet, plus I feel much better without sugar/starches/etc. (that's all 100% anecdotal, not scientific data, but that's been my own experience with it!).

They say fitness is 80% diet and 20% exercise, you can't outrun the fork, and muscles are made in the gym but revealed in the kitchen. In my experience, these sayings are absolutely true. Your first step should be to control your diet, and get a handle on how much of what you're eating.

Before you go nuts, buy a digital kitchen scale, one like this, and set up a myfitnesspal account. Then, track and log your diet for about a week or two. Eat like you normally eat, but track everything, and be brutally honest. You might be surprised by what you find.

Then, figure out what you should eat. /r/keto has good resources for this - you want to figure out something called your "TDEE" - "Total Daily Energy Expenditure". If you want to be safe, assume that you're "sedentary" when calculating this. That'll tell you what you need to eat to stay the same weight you are now. Then, just subtract from this to lose weight.

So (just for example - figure out your own numbers!) if your TDEE is 2000 calories/day, then eat 1800 calories a day, and you're running a 200-calorie deficit. At 3500 calories per pound of fat, that deficit will get you losing somewhere around a third to a half a pound a week.

Myfitnesspal tells you how much to eat (and tracks how much you've eaten), and /r/keto can steer you right in terms of which foodstuffs to eat. The scale tells you exact grams of this and that, and all you need then is to introduce some exercise and baby, you've got some fitness going!

Best of luck!

https://www.amazon.com/Ozeri-Digital-Multifunction-Kitchen-Elegant/dp/B004101GQC

I use this one when making my dough. $14 on Amazon.

https://amzn.com/B004101GQC

America's test kitchen has a review video of scales on YouTube and they liked this Ozeri Pronto: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004101GQC/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Make sure it does grams.

Ive been using this one for 2 years now and it still works as good as the day I got it - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004101GQC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

MyFitnessPal on your smartphone.

Grease Keeper

Baking Cooling Racks

Whoopie Pie Pans

Kitchen Scale
/r/ketorecipes

www.cavemanketo.com

No need to buy any extra gadgets - save your money for all the bacon and coconut oil you're going to buy.

Of course you can do it- many of us have and you can do.
The only advice I can offer you is to simply decide that nothing and no one is going to derail your intentions.
You need to assign this the highest priority in your life and don't allow any sort of excuse or rationalization to creep in.
Being in college during this process is both a blessing and a curse- the stresses are going to appear, but you'll likely be so busy you can't focus on being deprived, either.
You'll be going out with friends and will be tempted along the way, but plan for such evenings and have a strategy in place before you go. Eat first and then wander around with a glass of water with a lemon in it.
Keep grab and eat snacks handy in your room. Don't allow hunger to creep up on you without having something easily at hand to satisfy it.

Come here often when you need a mental recharge- read, search, browse around and find what works for others.
Read every link the auot-bot gives you- it is all in there.

There are many ways to track food intake but I encourage you to find one and use it- eyeballing portion sizes is not a viable way to go about it. A cheap yet very reliable and easy to use food scale is available on Amazon for under $15 and is the single most valuable tool you can own for weight loss. I have one in each food prep area in my house and couldn't do without it even as I am in maintenance mode.

Good luck.
DECIDE to do this and let nothing or no one stand in your way.

CICO = You eat less calories than you burn
TDEE = The number of calories you burn on a daily basis always use sedentary
MFP = Myfitnesspal, a website where you can track your calories

You do this by calculating your TDEE at sedentary. Subtracting 500 to 1000 calories and making that your goal for each day (With a minimum of 1200 for most women unless very short/small and 1500 for men). Log them daily on MFP. Rinse and repeat. Over time you will start to lose weight. It takes time and a reasonable amount of weight loss for most people is an average 0.5 to 2 pounds per week (depending on how tall you are/how much you weigh/your gender) - Some weeks you will not lose or will gain, this is normal. The average or trend over time is what matters, not a single day or week. Buy a cheap food scale on Amazon so that you can be certain that you're actually eating the serving size. Measuring cups are inaccurate - for proof just search measuring cups vs weighing food on YouTube.

Congrats on the wedding! It really is all about proper diet, you see it being said everywhere, but I had no idea how off my eating was until I started tracking. I was way over on fats and carbs and not even close to hitting 1g per pound of body weight for protein. I used myfitnesspal in the past when I was doing P90X and that's when I had my best results, so I decided to pick up the habit again. Today, I actually hit a 115 day streak on the website. I highly recommend getting a food scale, this is the one I have. And just start measuring and tracking everything. It's easier when you cook and eat at home, just keep it simple to start. Definitely check out r/mealprepsunday if you havent yet, lots of good ideas there!

As for the kale shake, I bet that was insanely thick! Sorry, I didn't mention I had 2 cups of water to that haha! Woops! Try it with the water, that'll make a huge difference, and let me know what you think!

Thanks for the kind words. If you have any more questions I'd be happy to help or at least give you my insight/opinions!

i got an ozeri scale off of amazon. Cheap, digital, pretty precise, however only accurate to 2 grams. so dont think you can get accurate enough gram measurements for yeast/salt/small ingredients.

it measures in ounces as well, and can be tared.

This would help me take the first step in turning my eating habits around and jump start my desire to lose weight.

Thank you for the contest. <3

http://www.amazon.com/Ozeri-Digital-Multifunction-Kitchen-Elegant/dp/B004101GQC/ref=sr_1_12?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1342452618&sr=1-12&keywords=ozeri+scale

Thus works perfect for me.

Cheap, good, digital food scale: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004101GQC/ref=asc_df_B004101GQC4829671/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B004101GQC&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167123558869&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10881490889760580203&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9008372&hvtargid=pla-276565398941

It weighs your food so you know what you are eating.

To help with portion control

Rating: 6

Review:

I need to get back on my antidepressants. I'm not ready to live without them yet.5 more days until I meet new doctor!


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