Do you weigh meat raw or cooked?

awhited815

Hey all! I was making taco meat last night for my family and weighed out my portion after it was cooked, but I'm wondering if that's the correct way to do it. How do you all weigh your meat for meals? I appreciate any advice!

cityruss

Either.

Just ensure you choose the correct database entry, and also log any oils etc. that have been used in cooking.

Cynsonya

Most entries are for raw. But you can find a few for cooked meat by adding usda after the type of meat and how it was cooked. If you can't find an existing entry you can just Google usda nutritional facts and it will take you there. Then you can create an entry.

awhited815

Thank you both so much! I really appreciate it. I wanted to be sure not to underestimate the ounces I was eating.

cityruss

Also, weigh in grams. It's more accurate.

CoffeeNCardio

I actually prefer to do it cooked, it's probably illusory, but I just feel like that's more accurate. It could not be for all I know. But it makes me feel better and at 26 lbs down I just don't care that much, clearly it's not wrong enough to matter.

This is a good site to find cooked measurements. Simply look up (example) pork chop, cooked, bone-in on this site, then pick the correct entry, and copy-paste that entry's name into mfp search and there is 99% of the time a matching entry that is correct.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/

awhited815

cityruss wrote: »

Also, weigh in grams. It's more accurate.

I appreciate the tip.

awhited815

CoffeeNCardio wrote: »

I actually prefer to do it cooked, it's probably illusory, but I just feel like that's more accurate. It could not be for all I know. But it makes me feel better and at 26 lbs down I just don't care that much, clearly it's not wrong enough to matter.

This is a good site to find cooked measurements. Simply look up (example) pork chop, cooked, bone-in on this site, then pick the correct entry, and copy-paste that entry's name into mfp search and there is 99% of the time a matching entry that is correct.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/

And it would just really add a lot more work if I had to weigh out my portions and then cook mine and my family's separate. I'd do it if I had to, but I'd rather not. lol Thank you for the link!

CoffeeNCardio

awhited815 wrote: »

CoffeeNCardio wrote: »

I actually prefer to do it cooked, it's probably illusory, but I just feel like that's more accurate. It could not be for all I know. But it makes me feel better and at 26 lbs down I just don't care that much, clearly it's not wrong enough to matter.

This is a good site to find cooked measurements. Simply look up (example) pork chop, cooked, bone-in on this site, then pick the correct entry, and copy-paste that entry's name into mfp search and there is 99% of the time a matching entry that is correct.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/

And it would just really add a lot more work if I had to weigh out my portions and then cook mine and my family's separate. I'd do it if I had to, but I'd rather not. lol Thank you for the link!

This is another reason I prefer the cooked reading. When you're responsible for feeding multiple people, sometimes workarounds are required:)

Janehds0284

I weigh everything raw but easier for me because I stir fried most time so just cut everything up and weigh everything in gram before throw in pan. And weigh oil in tsp.