Food scale

KristiRTT
KristiRTT Posts: 346 Member
edited December 21 in Food and Nutrition
When weighing your food- do you weigh meat raw or cooked? Why one way and not the other? What about veggies? Should everything be weighed, or are measuring cups appropriate for some things? Thanks
I’m trying to lost the “last 15” so every little hint and tip is helpful. I workout 4-5 times a week, cardio and weights. I eat lower carb, but not Keto- usually between 75-100 g carbs.

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  • Teabythesea_
    Teabythesea_ Posts: 559 Member
    Raw always. Various cooking methods can cause differences in the water content once cooked, affecting the weight. Even with packaged foods, always weigh as is in the package unless it says otherwise. Measuring cups are only appropriate for liquids, but personally I still weigh out dressings and oils. While raw is always more accurate, if you must weigh cooked make sure you use an appropriate entry.
  • Terytha
    Terytha Posts: 2,097 Member
    I usually weigh things raw out of convenience. Just easier to do.

    Except chicken breast because we usually cook one and cut it in half so I don't know how much I'll get until later.

    Measuring cups are not super helpful. Think of all the empty space in a cup full of broccoli. Weigh your veggies.
  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    Measuring cups will work for liquids. But for solids, scale is much better.
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    I weigh all solids. I use the recipe builder for meats. Enter the raw weight plus the oil, cook, weigh total cooked and make that weight in grams the number of servings, cut my portion and weigh it, enter portion weight in grams as number of servings in my food diary.
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