Should you weigh your meat before or after

supremelady

you cook it?

eganita

I weigh mine in its rawest form, i.e. before it's been cooked and before any seasoning or anything else has been added.

lithezebra

You won't underestimate the calories by weighing it before. I look for the MFP entries that are specifically for raw meat.

JustJennie1

It depends. Sometimes packages will give the raw and cooked weight. For example I have bought chicken breasts that have stated 4 oz. raw/3 oz cooked as a serving size.

dellaquilaa

I always weigh it before I cook it - maybe not from a nutritional standpoint, although like someone else said, you won't be underestimating calories that way. But I do it more because that's what restaurants do - a 6oz steak is a 6oz steak before it shrinks and becomes a 4-5oz steak.

That actually just made me really sad. I haven't had steak in a while

lyndausvi

I normally do it raw, but sometimes I have to do it cooked because my husband "forgot" to weight it first. :grumble: