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weighing meat

PaulaDygert
PaulaDygert Posts: 148 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I finally got a scale and was just wondering do you weigh meat before or after it is cooked?

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  • jrich1
    jrich1 Posts: 2,408 Member
    I always do it after... I dont want calories counted against me for stuff that cooks off
  • studentRN
    studentRN Posts: 440 Member
    After. Because that's what I'm eating... the finished product.
  • genann
    genann Posts: 236
    Not sure if its right or not, but I weigh after cooking...:happy:
  • StaceG1986
    StaceG1986 Posts: 350
    Yep after, because again that's what I'm eating, I don't eat the stuff that has 'escaped' so to speak, lol
  • PaulaDygert
    PaulaDygert Posts: 148 Member
    Thank you!
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    You can do whatever you want, but the serving sizes, calorie counts, and other nutrition information are for the *uncooked* amount.
  • BeerKahuna
    BeerKahuna Posts: 52
    You can do whatever you want, but the serving sizes, calorie counts, and other nutrition information are for the *uncooked* amount.

    Not always true. Take bacon for example. The nutrition will be different depending on the cooking method and level of done-ness (if that's a word).

    Other than that type of exception though, I agree with you - weight before cooking (of raw foods) is usually how it's done.
  • CocoFire
    CocoFire Posts: 53 Member
    My trainer told me to weigh meat after its cooked.
  • breakingthepath
    breakingthepath Posts: 124
    Weighing it after is ideal, but it's not practical if you've added the meat to something.
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