Bacon, how much to count

IliaShade
IliaShade Posts: 20 Member
edited January 19 in Food and Nutrition
Tonight I'm eating a meal with bacon in it. Bad enough on it's own but it'll be mixed in, with enough exercise I should be fine.

However, it's a piece of about 300gr (10 oz) bacon. Raw. Probably a sixth or so will end up on my plate.

Does that mean I should count 50gr raw bacon?

Because I'm pretty sure once it's all fried up in the pan, there's not going to be 300 grams left as a lot of fat will just be in the pan. But I don't know how much would be left.

Should I count like 50 grams of raw bacon, or like 30 grams of fried bacon? Or.. what do you guys do?

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  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    I would just count 50g of raw bacon (plus a little fat if it's being cooked in fat). And stop feeling so bad about it. It's just food. :flowerforyou:
  • IliaShade
    IliaShade Posts: 20 Member
    That actually made me smile. There were just such big differences between the both I had to ask. Thanks, though. :)
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    I eat bacon almost every day and I count it cooked crispy, but if it's "in" something like a sauce, I count it raw.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,272 Member
    If you are leaving the rendered fat behind log cooked bacon. If you are using the fat in the recipe (like I like to do) log the raw piece calories.
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    Tonight I'm eating a meal with bacon in it. Bad enough on it's own but it'll be mixed in, with enough exercise I should be fine.

    However, it's a piece of about 300gr (10 oz) bacon. Raw. Probably a sixth or so will end up on my plate.

    Does that mean I should count 50gr raw bacon?

    Because I'm pretty sure once it's all fried up in the pan, there's not going to be 300 grams left as a lot of fat will just be in the pan. But I don't know how much would be left.

    Should I count like 50 grams of raw bacon, or like 30 grams of fried bacon? Or.. what do you guys do?

    i eat bacon literally every day. it's good for you. and no i'm not kidding. animal fats aren't the evil they've been made out to be all these years. there are good and bad fats, and bacon falls under the good category.

    (except for the nitrates... so mine's nitrate free)
  • IliaShade
    IliaShade Posts: 20 Member
    If you are leaving the rendered fat behind log cooked bacon. If you are using the fat in the recipe (like I like to do) log the raw piece calories.

    Cool, is there anyway though to estimate the weight after cooking? My mom is cooking so I won't be able to actually weigh it..
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    There is a Kirkland - Costco - Bacon - Cooked that I use to track. I actually use bacon from pastured animals that comes from a smaller, local abattoir but I'm sure the calories are similar. You can just guess the "pieces" and you wont be TOO far off. I wouldn't sweat it.
  • IliaShade
    IliaShade Posts: 20 Member
    Thanks all, with all the help I managed to figure it out!
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    1. Don't call bacon bad.
    2. If pan-frying, then just use the "bacon, pan fried" entry in the database.
  • wswilliams67
    wswilliams67 Posts: 938 Member
    Bacon is never a bad thing.. unless you're the pig.
  • SJackson50
    SJackson50 Posts: 282 Member
    Bacon is never a bad thing.. unless you're the pig.

    Amen. Meat candy :-)
  • ckmama
    ckmama Posts: 1,668 Member
    Where do you find that big of a piece of bacon?:smile:
  • nancycaregiver
    nancycaregiver Posts: 812 Member
    Bacon is never a bad thing.. unless you're the pig.

    I may be A pig but at least I'm not THE pig!! Hahaha!
  • Liftnlove
    Liftnlove Posts: 235 Member
    Count 50 gm raw bacon...You'll be eating <2 oz of bacon, which is less than 70 calories...

    Just enjoy it. Bacon is one of the few things that makes life worth living...
  • IliaShade
    IliaShade Posts: 20 Member
    Where do you find that big of a piece of bacon?:smile:

    Come to the Netherlands some time. They sell them to chop up into blocks yourself to use in meals.
    Count 50 gm raw bacon...You'll be eating <2 oz of bacon, which is less than 70 calories...

    Just enjoy it. Bacon is one of the few things that makes life worth living...

    Sadly the bacon here holds considerably more calories. 50gm bacon alone could contain 250 calories... raw. With my current final calculations I still got to 170 calories for just a bit of bacon..
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