Kitchen tools for helping you manage your weight?

What we need to be more concerned about is portions. Make sure you are eating the correct amount. Get a kitchen scale and measure your portions till you get used to what they look like.


As for the Foreman, we have one, but rarely use it.

There is nothing that can be made on an electric grill that can't also be made in a skillet. It may look different but the nutrient count can be the same.

It is what you choose to cook/eat; not how it is cooked. You need a food scale and several sets of measuring cups so you can measure your portions. In the end it is all about portion control so that calories in are less than the calories expended during the day.

I really like my foreman grill for burgers and chicken. Don't ask me why, but I seem incapable of making either of those correctly in a skillet. (Also, with the burgers, I like that the fat drains off when they are on the grill.)

However, the trick to liking a foreman grill, I think, is to make sure you buy one with REMOVABLE GRILL PLATES that you can put in the dishwasher. I originally had a little single-serve sized one but I hated using it because even though they are "nonstick," I could never get the plates clean enough. Removable plates made all the difference for me. (They're also better even if you handwash. Way easier to soak and scrub.)

I was going to also suggest a food scale. I'd look for one that allows you to put the "tare" in. Much easier...least I think so.

This advice is coming from my own "journey" with changing my lifestyle. Nothing you purchase can make weight loss easy! Maybe its because I have addictive behavior with only two addictions...food and shopping! I routinely say to myself "Okay once you purchase X you can start X! Or "You need X before X happens" I don't have a George Foreman because it doesn't go with my gadget "theme" or brands that I trust so I can't speak to it specifically but here is a  small list of kitchen gadgets I purchased but never or rarely use:

200+ Juicer (Friend used it once)
Wheat grass juicer (In box)
Prep glasses with lids (In box)
Blendtec (Used to make milkshakes)
Cheaper blender (Pinterest said use mason jars to make personal smoothies acquired recently I still have hope I will use it to make yep you guessed it....milkshakes)
Veggie Spiralizer (In box)
Digital Food Scale (somewhere around here)

Two things I purchased for weight loss purposes and actually use:

Teamaker
Glass Water bottles


Good luck!

This is so true!

I use a ladle to help with portion size. I have one ladleful of chilli, curry etc. It always almost fills me up. If I'm having rice I use a soup spoon and have 2 or 3 spoonfuls.
If I'm putting cheese on a sandwich or something else, I always grate it.

Another vote for smaller plates and bowls.

I'm going to echo the scale. I picked one up that is small and thin. I put my container on it before I turn it on to measure for the tare. I measure almost everything on it especially pasta.

I bought an inspiralizer. It is a gadget that I use to make vegetable spaghetti out of zucchini and sweet potato.

I used it this week with zucchini, topped it with a jar of sauce I get at a Wegman's that has eggplant and chunky tomatoes in it, topped it with left over grilled chicken breast with a sprinkle of mozzarella. Put it in the oven for 15 minutes. Quick, easy, healthy!