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Food weighing question

Tylerbrook01
Tylerbrook01 Posts: 14 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
sorry if this sounds a bit thick, but when cooking anything from frozen, do I weight frozen or once it's cooked?
Thank you

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  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    raw and not frozen barring that...cooked...but make sure it's logged as cooked....
  • Frequently_Fabulous
    Frequently_Fabulous Posts: 131 Member
    Agreed. The biggest discrepency I can think of is with frozen chicken- shrinks like crazy when cooked. Use the 3oz cooked weight as your portion size.

    With frozen veggies it doesn't really matter +/- 5 calories maybe with differing portion sizes, lol, so I combine frozen and cooked weights.

    Fish has gotta be raw because that is the standard and it shrinks like crazeeee.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    down_w_the_man wrote: »
    Agreed. The biggest discrepency I can think of is with frozen chicken- shrinks like crazy when cooked. Use the 3oz cooked weight as your portion size.

    With frozen veggies it doesn't really matter +/- 5 calories maybe with differing portion sizes, lol, so I combine frozen and cooked weights.

    Fish has gotta be raw because that is the standard and it shrinks like crazeeee.

    DO NOT JUST USE THE 3 oz cooked weight for logging your chicken intake. That's ridiculous. What if your actually eating 12oz?!

    Weigh raw whenever possible. Cooked of that is impossible.
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