I was browsing the web today and came across this YouTube video by Leigh Peele, who talks about how you may sabotaging your weight loss efforts by using measuring cups: food, you will likely be giving yourself way more than you intended - uping your calories and your fat and then leaving yourself miserable because you haven't lost any weight, yet you are only eating "so many calories" and you are doing everything right.

I then followed the link to her web site and she has some downloadable "e books" about reving up your metabolism and troubleshooting your fat loss. They look really interesting, although not cheap (59.99 for the whole package).

Not that I am advocating for her or anything (I never heard of her before today). I was just thinking there are lots of people on this site who are stuggling with their weight loss and thought this might be another useful resource.

My mother is a dietitian and believes the same thing. She has always weighed everything.

One of the things that really struck me is that if we are giving ourselves way more than a portion size when we are using measuring cups, how much are we giving ourselves when we just "guestimate" the portion. I kind of shudder when I think about it.

When I was watching the clip - when she measured a tbsp of Peanut Butter - I realized that is exactly the way I would measure it :thumbup:

Well, you used to have to weigh everything on the more popular diets, but don't have to nowadays. There is probably something to that!!!

I recently bought the EatSmart Nutrition scale. It is pricey ($75.00) but what a great tool. I will use wine as an example. Once or twice a week I treat myself to a glass of wine if I have room in my daily calorie count. I always measured out either 4 of 8 ounces. With my new scale, I enter the code for wine, place my glass on the scale, press "tare" so it doesn't weigh the glass, then I start pouring wine into the glass and as I pour, it tells me how many calories are in the glass, and I stop pouring when it reaches the number of calories I've allowed myself to have. I definitely noticed the calorie count was higher than I thought.

I love the scale because it's taken the guesswork out of everything. I toss a chicken breast on there and it tells me how many calories in that chicken breast. And on and on.

I started using the BodyBugg (calculates how many calories a day you put out, versus how many you take in) at the same time I got my new scale. And guess what? The weight has been falling off of me, so much so that now I'm having to work to make sure I don't lose too fast.

So anyway I do think Ms. Peele is on to something.

Congrats Nance!!!

Where did you find the scale? It sounds like a great tool!

I paid $206 (including tax and shipping) for the BodyBugg, which includes a telephone consult with a counselor to help you go through the website after you've used it for a week, and it includes 3 months of the website. (The BodyBugg is useless without the website). After your 3 months are up, you need to keep subscribing to the website if you want to keep using the BodyBugg. The cheapest route for that is a year for $99. $206 is the cheapest I found it, at bodybugg armband device

The EatSmart Nutrition scale can be found here: Welcome to EatSmart Products - Home of the EatSmart Nutrition Scale

There's a pretty good little video that shows you how it works. I think it is the coolesthing!

I really hesitated to spend any more money on weight loss products. One thing I told myself when I had to pay for my own surgery was "I won't be spending money on weight loss products anymore". But I have to say, the BodyBugg has super motivated me, and the scale has been great. I really don't regret spending the money.