Weighing meat?

Rcasey1985
Rcasey1985 Posts: 13
edited September 20 in Food and Nutrition
I was wondering if when I'm calculating how much meat I ate, if I should weight it before or after cooking? I just had a lean 2oz hamburger but I'm not sure how much it weighed before cooking.

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  • melaniese
    melaniese Posts: 19
    from what i have heard, it should be the weight before you cook it.
  • Rehu18
    Rehu18 Posts: 4
    From what I can see, either should be fine. Most food searches in MFP for meat bring up the different ways to cook it, as well as raw versions to choose from.
  • megancav
    megancav Posts: 2
    After. If you weigh it before, than you are adding extra fluids that are lost through the cooking process, which you are not eating. If it is weighed after, then it is a more accurate estimation of what you are eating.
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