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Not sure how to measure food.

lavagirlangie
lavagirlangie Posts: 19 Member
edited March 7 in Introduce Yourself
In the interest of being accurate I have started weighing as well as measuring my food. I can't decide if the weight I log should be from cooked or from uncooked state. Meat really loses a lot of volume when it cooks. Pasta really gains a lot of volume when it cooks. Are there rules about this?

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  • Hitesc
    Hitesc Posts: 86 Member
    I usually just weigh the frozen meat. As for pasta, it usually says on the nutritional information, for instance, 50g (dry) = 350 calories
  • crisb2
    crisb2 Posts: 329 Member
    edited October 2014
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  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Unless otherwise specified the weight listed on a nutrition label will be for the uncooked weight. It's okay to weigh/log your food after cooking as long as you make sure you're choosing an accurate entry from the database (ie don't choose a grilled entry if you boiled it, etc )
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