Don't forget to write all of your cals down in a food journal. The food journal is handy too because once you know the calorie value of food and it is in your journal you can refer to it again rather than looking up the info new each time.
Another thing I do - cut the nutrition label off the package and tape it in my journal. Somethings have to be photo copied (yogurt container). Then I have a personalized calorie counter book. Obviously this only works for stuff in a package. But beats looking up the info because sometimes info on the web is just plain wrong.
Oh and you can check the accuracy of your scale using penies and nickles.
1 penny is 2.5 grams, one nickle is 5 grams.
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