When to weigh meat?

Csauskojus

I just took a 20oz. ground turkey package and divided it into 4, pattied each portion, and threw each on the George Foreman grill. If I track calories before vs. after cooking, my calorie counts will be vastly different. What do you do and why?

serindipte

I prefer to weigh raw because the moisture content is so variable in cooked meat. That said, you can log it either way as long as you make sure to choose the correct entry in MFP. Look for 'raw', 'grilled', 'pan fried', etc. if you're logging cooked.

Csauskojus

Good point!

toxikon

Same, I weigh raw and use 'raw' entries.

Csauskojus

So rather than scanning the package, you find a raw entry? How do you know when you’re picking an accurate entry?

serindipte

If you're scanning the package on raw meat, that's going to be the raw nutrition value. You can do it that way, but only if you're weighing and entering raw into your log. I've never done the scanning. I search for "turkey ground usda" and find the starred entry with the usda notation

Csauskojus

Great! Thanks so much! I’m too lazy to do anything other than scan the package lol