I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I love to snack! I can’t help it, I just need to munch throughout the day. On my journey to better health I need to either quit snacking all together or at least, start accounting for what I’m snacking on. A great way to get started is by measuring portions. So many times throughout the day, I’ll just grab a handful of animal crackers or trail mix without a thought to serving size. If you actually look at the serving size on a bag of trail mix, it’s closer to 1 ounce rather than a huge handful!
I’ve never paid attention to snack serving sizes much before but now it’s time to start! The easier I make it on myself, the more likely I’ll stick to it so I’ve started using the Eat Smart Precision Pro digital kitchen scale. This cute little food scale comes in several colors to match your kitchen. It also comes with a Calorie Counting guidebook that I find really useful.
In the book you can learn how to count calories using the Calorie-Factor guides. These are calculated using USDA data and represent the amount of calories in each gram of food. Basically, you multiply the weight of the food you’re going to eat by the Calorie-Factors in the guide. It’s very easy to do and a great way to keep track of your calories.
I love the Tare feature, which is a must have. I can place my serving dish onto the digital scale then press the Tare button to bring the weight back to zero before adding my food to be weighed. It’s also very nice that I can choose to weigh my foods by pounds, kilograms, ounces or grams. The scale will hold up to eleven pounds!
Also, I like that the scale is extremely lightweight and has an attractive, slim design that is super easy to store and move to wherever I need to use it. The weighing platform is a good size at 5 1/4″ in diameter, it will accommodate a variety of dish and food sizes. All in all, I think the Precision Pro is a great tool to have in my kitchen!
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Win an Eat Smart kitchen scale!
Thanks to Eat Smart, one lucky reader will win their own Precision Pro digital kitchen scale! This scale would be a great addition to a “Healthy Living” gift basket for Mother’s Day! Add in a few healthy snack choices like granola or fresh fruit and a magazine subscription for a fun and thoughtful gift for mom!
Giveaway is open to U.S. only and will end on May 18th. Entry is super easy via the Rafflecopter form below — just complete the first mandatory entry to open up all of the extra entry options! Good Luck!
Hi! I'm 
My favorite snack food is popcorn.
longbarb1@aol.com
My favorite snack food is pretzels
Beef jerky
Popcorn is my favorite snack food!
Doritos, fritos
doritos is a fav.
brich22 at earthlink dot net
Trail mix
mightynaynay(at)cs.com
My favorite is a Snickers bar!
Frozen Grapes!!!
I love peanut m&ms
I love pistachios! salt & vinegar chips are a close second. :)
I like pretzel bites with nacho cheese.
Frozen grapes or watermelon cubes
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I love snacking on fresh fruit.
nesquic i drink a gallons worth a day : )
chex mix is my favorite snack.
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Pretzels!
I love to snack on fresh blueberries. Thanks for the giveaway.
Pickles!
bakergurl02 (at) yahoo (dot) com
My new favorite snack is Special K chips
My favorite snack food is boiled eggs!
I love smartfood popcorn
Ice cream! Low fat/low cal of course!
pistachios
amy16323(at)gmail(dot)com
popcorn
I like popcorn!
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I love brownies.
I love crackers.I eat all kinds as a snack.
I love Oreos!
lauraemerson17 at yahoo dot com
Almonds!
schueler.jessica@yahoo.com
Honey wheat pretzel sticks with blue cheese dip
I like doritos
Any kind of fruit! yum!
jessicaahays at hotmail dot com
apple slices and peanut butter
For me it is ice cream…
Nachos! Thanks!
Claussen Pickles
i love potato chips. im terrible.
danielle b
ferriza2(at)yahoo(dot)com
lately it’s been popcorn
My favorite snack food is raisins.
unhealthy snacks are my poison… I love chocolate
Pretzels
POPCHIPS
vmkids3 at msn dot com
cheese! I love to have cheese!
I love cheese
lol! I had to giggle at this :) I love cheese to!
Granola!
strawberries!
My fave is grapes :)
Chicken
trail mix
oreos!
I love little debbies.
chestnutyouth(at)hotmail(Dot)com
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I love nacho cheese Doritos.
dried apricots
Thank you for hosting this giveaway
Louis
pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com
I like to snack on nuts.
chocolate ice cream
My favorite snack food is raisins.
honey mustard pretzels
My favorites are almonds, edamame and sometimes (late at night) I sneak into the kitchen for cereal!
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I love chips and salsa :) thanks for hosting!
Pretzels :)
My favorite snack is soft pretzels covered in cream cheese.
Popcorn or fries with cheese.
I like raisins.
My favorite snack is peanuts. Maybe if I win the scale I can limit the amount of them that I eat.
Popcorn
I like Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers.
Greek yogurt with honey and strawberries
any kind of cookies
chex mix
tcogbill at live dot com
I like the butter snap pretzel
yogurt
Kettle corn.
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com
peanuts
I like Wheat Thins.
kimkmc at yahoo dot com
I am a sucker for anything chocolate
I loooooove cherry tomatoes!
apples and peanut butter!
dried mango is my favorite snack food
I like pistachios
Carrot sticks
Carrots and Peanut Butter!
soggy bran flakes
fresh fruit
apple and peanut butter.