How Many Caloires Did I Just Eat?

chobo2

Hi

I am wondering how do you calculate calories of cooked food. I just finished eating a burger that I made myself.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/schneiders-country-naturals-beef-burgers-74301346

Now the while I was bbqing it, I could see that it had a lot of fat in it(I usually like to make my own burgers with extra lean ground beef but did not have time...so I usually have some spare bought ones at home)

I decided to weigh it and the weight came out to be 63grams. That is almost half of the raw value. So does that mean everything(fat, calories,etc) are now cut in half?

chrisdavey

nope. A lot of the weight lost is water.

taso42

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe/box

chobo2

nope. A lot of the weight lost is water.

well it must be less. Did not think it was 50%.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe/box

?????

grimendale

Water is dense. Really dense. There's a reason that restaurants quote the before-cooking weight of foods. Most of the missing weight is water. Use the pre-cooked values.

nhradeuce

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe/box

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Add a new recipe - put in all the items you used to make what ever you ate and you will get your calorie count. For a burger, put in the patty (use the uncooked number on the box), bun, condiments, and any veggies you add. Most all of the ingredients you would use are already in MFP, you just need to put them together.