Weighing and Measuring?

I read alot that we should measure all of our food after RNY. I am getting my kitchen ready for post surgery and have tons of measuring utensils, but do I need a kitchen scale to weigh anything?

I bought one and have definitely used it.  It comes in handy for weighing meat, if nothing else.

You don't necessarily need one, but I have one that I use to weigh my meats.

Yep, I highly reccommend one, I frequently weigh meat and seafood and I'm only 6 weeks out. I have out on my counter at all times: measuring cups, measuring spoons, electronic food scale with "tare" option.

Thanks, everyone. I asked because Groupon has a great deal on colorful, digital kitchen scales. Reg. $60 now for $23. I just bought the solar yellow. Should cheer me up on my kitchen counter!

Some people find it easier to weigh things like meat.  Knowing how many ounces, by weight, of chicken you have makes it easy to figure out how many calories and how many grams of protein are in it.  You may  have trouble looking up how much protein is in one cup of chicken but you'll see something like three ounces (by weight) has 21 grams of protein.  Plus, how do you measure chicken by volume?  Stuff a piece of chicken breast in a measuring cup?

I have always measured by volume, though.  Your pouch  holds a certain volume.  There is no scale in there to know what something weighs, it just knows how big something is.  When I've had food that doesn't fit easily into a measuring cup, I've just guessed if it would fill up one cup if it was squished in there.

We were told to use a measuring cup until we were able to eyeball correctly. This began pre-op, so we were able to practice and not make ourselves sick when we tried it post-op.

My program is huge about preparation and education. I'm shocked by how many people come out of surgery knowing little to nothing about post-op living.

Nothing against the OP. This is a forum for all kinds of questions, so please don't hesitate to ask. The vets have all been extremely helpful, as far as I can see.

I purchased one a couple of years ago and love it.  Thinking it will be so useful after surgery on 7/30 - yeah its so close!  The best feature is the tare since I can put any dish on it and zero that out and get a weight on just the food.  It also has a code you can put in for different foods and it will give you the calories as well.  Wi**** would do that for protein as well.  This one was actually on QVC by Taylor but I've seen it in Walmart recently for about $30

I was told repeatedly not to weigh my food, but to measure it by volume. I have found it difficult at times but I have never had the feeling that I have overeaten. Seems to work for me although weighing would be much easier.

I cut up my meat then stick it in a measuring cup because I was told to measure by volume.