Weighing Meat

FluffnStuff

When one is weighing meat, are you supposed to use the before cooked weight or after cooked weight?

FluffnStuff

When one is weighing meat, are you supposed to use the before cooked weight or after cooked weight?

TamTastic

I have always thought it's after...because liquid get's cooked out of it....

Anyone else???

lmdavis804

I always weigh it after I cook it.

chandhole

i'm extra curious and do both but use the after for mfp.

aprilvet

I think it's uncooked. If you look at the nutrition info on a pound of pre-made hamburger patties- it will tell you the info for 4oz meat, 4 servings in the pack.

I hope this helps.

Dave198lbs

before

lenmana

I've always done before too....

sassyredgirl

I weight mine before as well.

TamTastic

Why is before more accurate? Just wondering. I have read articles on both.

ngwife4life

I have always done before. I guess if you do one or the other, just keep doing the same thing. I mean, Tam, it really seemed to mess with your (AWESOME!) weight loss. Right? :laugh:

TamTastic

I have always done before. I guess if you do one or the other, just keep doing the same thing. I mean, Tam, it really seemed to mess with your (AWESOME!) weight loss. Right? :laugh:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: True!

I guess I had results weighing after!

Georg

I have always done before. I guess if you do one or the other, just keep doing the same thing. I mean, Tam, it really seemed to mess with your (AWESOME!) weight loss. Right? :laugh:

For sure!
But I think it has to do with how the meat is cooked. If it's more well done or less, it would change the weight. So if you weigh before, you eliminate that variable.

Skinnytime

I do it after (1) so as not to contaminate my scale and (2) because the calories I am consuming are "cooked weight" not raw weight - unless it's steak tartare.

ngwife4life

I do it after (1) so as not to contaminate my scale and (2) because the calories I am consuming are "cooked weight" not raw weight - unless it's steak tartare.

I guess the contamination would make sense if you have a scale in which the measuring bowl part does not detach. Mine has a plastic bowl that comes off, so I generally zero out a plate and throw my meat on there. However, I agree that once you cook it, you're going to get varying weights depending on how well it's done. Also, as was previously pointed out, the nutritional information is generally stated in raw units of measure. I think that's the only way to be completely consistent but I honestly don't think the weight of it changes THAT much that it would kill your diet. Now I think I'll have to try this out the next time I cook meat!

Iceprincessk25

For some reason I thought it was always weighed before. At least I think that's how restaurants do it.