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In reply to the discussion: My 600 lb. Life [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,069 posts)If your goal is (1) to control diabetes via eating low enough carbs to keep your blood glucose in the normal range or (2) you are fanatical about staying in ketosis.
I'm in the former category - and for about a year weighed everything I ate, closely tracked my blood glucose, so I could see how many carbs I could eat without exceeding normal levels. By now, I don't have to weigh everything because I have enough experience that I no longer need to.
(I'm not a fan of the just eat ketogenic and the weight will fall off bandwagon - it ignores the reality that the way a ketogenic diet works is because the fats make you feel more satiated. If your eating is driven by not feeling satiated, it generally works. But if that is not the driver, and weight is the reason you are following a ketogenic diet, you have to count something. Carbs, calories, points, etc.)
I have a scale at work, one at home, and one of those is a travel scale so when I travel I take it along with me (although there is less need now).