When logging in Hamburger Meat

SillyCat1975

Ok, if you are logging in meat per say, do you weigh it first and then go with that number on the scale or do you cook it and then weigh it?

diannethegeek

If you're using the information from your nutritional label, then you need to log it raw. You can weigh/log it after cooking if you need to, but be careful to use an entry in the database that specifies "cooked."

malibu927

You can do either; just make sure you choose the corresponding raw or cooked entry

ana3067

Weigh it how you like, use entry that corresponds to state you weighed it in. I weigh raw hamburgers because I make it as a recipe and make equal-weighted burgers. I weigh salmon cooked because I cook a big one. I weigh things in recipes raw. etc.

SillyCat1975

The value on the hamburger patties I got at Walmart (the very lean kind) said 4 ounces and it was 160 Calories. After cooking it though and I weighed it, it said it was 2.2 oz. So I wasn't sure which one to go with.

ana3067

lisacarroll18 wrote: »

The value on the hamburger patties I got at Walmart (the very lean kind) said 4 ounces and it was 160 Calories. After cooking it though and I weighed it, it said it was 2.2 oz. So I wasn't sure which one to go with.

Most likely refers to the raw weight, especially if it doesn't specify "cooked weight" on it. Is it from the butcher or in a box? All butcher stuff will be raw re: label nutrition. When I enter in 113g (~4oz) of raw extra lean ground beef it comes up at 200 calories, like 100ish for 2.2 so probably not cooked weight.

barbecuesauce

lisacarroll18 wrote: »

The value on the hamburger patties I got at Walmart (the very lean kind) said 4 ounces and it was 160 Calories. After cooking it though and I weighed it, it said it was 2.2 oz. So I wasn't sure which one to go with.

What I do is weigh it beforehand and then put cayenne pepper on it (you could put something else or use a separate pan from your family) so I make sure I know exactly what it weighs. You are probably only going to find a raw entry for prepackaged food.

SLLRunner

lisacarroll18 wrote: »

Ok, if you are logging in meat per say, do you weigh it first and then go with that number on the scale or do you cook it and then weigh it?

Most people recommend weighing it prior to cooking. I do both, and sometimes weigh it after cooking. Whichever you choose to do, be sure to enter the correct type of entries. MFP has a lot of incorrect entries because they are entered by users. I look up meat at the USDA website and then often create my own entries.

shadow2soul

lisacarroll18 wrote: »

The value on the hamburger patties I got at Walmart (the very lean kind) said 4 ounces and it was 160 Calories. After cooking it though and I weighed it, it said it was 2.2 oz. So I wasn't sure which one to go with.

probably raw weight.

I buy some of the frozen 85/15 patties and the weight listed for 1 patty is definitely for the frozen patty. Once cooked, they are usually weigh at least 25% less than they did before.

SillyCat1975

Thank you guys! I appreciate your input.

cwolfman13

you can do either...just make sure you're picking the correct entry from the database...i.e. raw or cooked.

If you're going off of packaging, nutritional information is for raw unless otherwise specified.