Question - Weighing Meat/Other Cooked Foods

FairhavenDS

If I'm weighing something that loses a good bit of weight in cooking (i.e. ground turkey/beef), should I be weighing my portion before or after cooking? I'm new to weighing, so I figure better to pull from others' expertise.

Thanks!

jdholland5508

Unless it is specified as cooked weight it is most commonly uncooked weight. I.e. weigh before you cook on most items.

FairhavenDS

Thanks a lot! I certainly appreciate the help.

Christian

fit4life1985

Before. If you weigh it after, it could lead to underestimating its calories and macronutrients due to water loss.

minties82

I always weigh meat raw :-)

Liftng4Lis

Raw

ana3067

It really doesn't matter. Just use the entry that corresponds to how you weighed it. Some things I almost always weigh raw, others I almost always weigh cooked. I go by ease and convenience.

FairhavenDS

Thanks for all the insight, folks. Certainly takes a little more planning when I'm making food for the family, but I'll manage!

barbecuesauce

There are cooked entries for meat. I log these entries and have lost steadily at or slightly ahead of the rate I set in goals. Whatever the margin of error is, it hasn't cut into my deficit.

I'm not doing a separate pan for my portion.

livingleanlivingclean

I weigh everything that is dry/solid in its raw/uncooked state. It's the most accurate

PAV8888

Depends on the database entry you pick....