Gadgets You Couldn't Live Without

 So I may be new to post surgery but I already have some gadgets I couldn't live without.  I was wondering what yours are?

1) magic bullet blender
2) digital kitchen scale
3) Body Fat analyzer (it may not be 100% but it gives me an idea as I lose weight where I'm at and if there are any stalls it may make me feel better there as well)
4) Old fashioned fabric tape measure

I also couldnt live without all of those except the body fat analyzer. Its amazing what we cant live without now that we never even thought of before.

Rhonda

Digital kitchen scale! I use it constantly.

My scale, yes it sometimes annoys me.. but I still love it..

Tape measure too.

That's about it.. Oh, and the laptop I'm on. It doubles as a lap warmer since I get so chilly at times :)

All of the above except the body fat analyzer.

I would add a bazillion measuring cups and spoons. I weigh some things and measure others. I leave a tablespoon measure in the bag of each of two flavors of edamame (one at home, one at work). Got a scoop-style half-tablespoon measure that I use as portion control when I have peanut butter. Another half-tablespoon measure lives with the dark chocolate cocoa powder I use in shakes. A measuring cup at work for skim milk...I could go on and on.

Small dishes. If you look at dishes from the last century or very early this century, our plates are the size of their serving dishes. Their plates were actually the size of dessert/salad plates in most dish sets. We've started using much smaller dishes at our house. I use very small plates and bowls for myself.

Ditto on the measuring stuff & dishes! I have spoons hanging that are always at the ready, cups the same.. and I love collecting cool little plates and bowls now. I have a variety of pretty and small ones.. I have came close to taking them to friends as I feel so odd trying to eat off of a normal sized plate anymore.. Even my husband eats off of the med sized ones now and rarely reaches for the whopper plates! Boggles the mind that I used to fill almost all that space.

 That's true.  I'm finding a definite lack of tbsp around the house.  I've been using my kids' plates and bowls but I guess at some point I should buy nicer stuff for myself.

The dollar store is your friend for measuring stuff.

The advantage to having a bunch is if you can dedicate one and leave it in the package you won't feel like you need to wa**** every time. I just wash the dedicated spoons once a week or so.

Our really small dishes/bowls have metallic trim, so they're not microwavable.  So I use the lunch plates from our set.  Maybe investing in a few smaller plates/bowls would be a good idea.

I would add on my pedometer - although my number of steps is no where near the 10,000 recommended a day, I love to see progress. My nerdy husband got me the one that hooks up to the computer.

But out of everyone elses things I would agree most with the tape measure, the scale and SMALL plates . .

TOASTER OVEN AND FOOD SCALE!