Weighing food..
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sandrajc042883
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This is probably a silly question.. but, do you weigh meats/chicken/etc. before, or after they are cooked to get accurate oz's?
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I do cooked0
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Nah, I usually just go by what it says on the package. For example, the chicken breasts I buy are, according to the package, 4 oz each. I trust what the package says. If it's +/- an ounce, I'm not worried about it.0
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Before.0
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Before, unless it is the data bank as cooked, like chicken breast without skin for instance0
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there are entries for both.0
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before. The weight/calorie information on the package is the raw weight. Cooking dehyrates/removed the water content so the weight will decrease after it is cooked.
Also for veggies, pasta, rice, anything that you cook by steaming, boiling adding water the weight will increase due to water absorption. So weigh it before otherwise you'll be over estimating (cooking with water does not add calories).0 -
I weigh meats cooked. That way if I don't finish it I can weigh what's left and make adjustments to my food journal.0
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For meat with bone in it, this is what I do:
Right before I eat, I put my plate (with food on it) on my scale and record the weight.
After I'm done eating, with leftover bones on the plate, I weigh again. Then I subtract the second weight from the first, and I have an accurate measure of the meat I consumed. Then just find the closest cooked meat entry, and voila!0 -
Nah, I usually just go by what it says on the package. For example, the chicken breasts I buy are, according to the package, 4 oz each. I trust what the package says. If it's +/- an ounce, I'm not worried about it.
This. It helps that I almost always buy boneless meats (steaks, chicken, pork chops etc) so I don't have to account for the bone weight.0 -
...bone weight.
can't. stop. giggling.0 -
Nah, I usually just go by what it says on the package. For example, the chicken breasts I buy are, according to the package, 4 oz each. I trust what the package says. If it's +/- an ounce, I'm not worried about it.
This is what I had been doing, but wasn't sure if it's entirely accurate.
Thank you0 -
Nah, I usually just go by what it says on the package. For example, the chicken breasts I buy are, according to the package, 4 oz each. I trust what the package says. If it's +/- an ounce, I'm not worried about it.
This is what I had been doing, but wasn't sure if it's entirely accurate.
Thank you
It may be, or it may not be. All I can say is I've had no problems losing weight and I certainly DON'T weigh everything I eat (I do, however, practice portion control with measuring cups). +/- an ounce or two isn't gonna matter at all.
In addition, you can also use the "Rule of the Palm" i.e. a single serving of meat (4 oz) should be about the size of your palm, so if you can palm it, you can eat it.0 -
...bone weight.
can't. stop. giggling.
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Nah, I usually just go by what it says on the package. For example, the chicken breasts I buy are, according to the package, 4 oz each. I trust what the package says. If it's +/- an ounce, I'm not worried about it.
This is what I had been doing, but wasn't sure if it's entirely accurate.
Thank you
It may be, or it may not be. All I can say is I've had no problems losing weight and I certainly DON'T weigh everything I eat (I do, however, practice portion control with measuring cups). +/- an ounce or two isn't gonna matter at all.
In addition, you can also use the "Rule of the Palm" i.e. a single serving of meat (4 oz) should be about the size of your palm, so if you can palm it, you can eat it.
Well, it's working so far, and I really haven't been weighing food, just guessing oz's. I'd measure out the foods I could, but meats I never did.. just went off what was on the package.0 -
This is probably a silly question.. but, do you weigh meats/chicken/etc. before, or after they are cooked to get accurate oz's?
always measure before you cook0 -
Nah, I usually just go by what it says on the package. For example, the chicken breasts I buy are, according to the package, 4 oz each. I trust what the package says. If it's +/- an ounce, I'm not worried about it.
This is what I had been doing, but wasn't sure if it's entirely accurate.
Thank you
It may be, or it may not be. All I can say is I've had no problems losing weight and I certainly DON'T weigh everything I eat (I do, however, practice portion control with measuring cups). +/- an ounce or two isn't gonna matter at all.
In addition, you can also use the "Rule of the Palm" i.e. a single serving of meat (4 oz) should be about the size of your palm, so if you can palm it, you can eat it.
Well, it's working so far, and I really haven't been weighing food, just guessing oz's. I'd measure out the foods I could, but meats I never did.. just went off what was on the package.
I'd at least estimate. Palm = 4oz, etc.
I DO really love my food scale though.0 -
I weigh after.. handling raw meat grosses me out enough :-)0
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I weigh meat after it's cooked.0
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Nah, I usually just go by what it says on the package. For example, the chicken breasts I buy are, according to the package, 4 oz each. I trust what the package says. If it's +/- an ounce, I'm not worried about it.
This is what I had been doing, but wasn't sure if it's entirely accurate.
Thank you
It may be, or it may not be. All I can say is I've had no problems losing weight and I certainly DON'T weigh everything I eat (I do, however, practice portion control with measuring cups). +/- an ounce or two isn't gonna matter at all.
In addition, you can also use the "Rule of the Palm" i.e. a single serving of meat (4 oz) should be about the size of your palm, so if you can palm it, you can eat it.
Well, it's working so far, and I really haven't been weighing food, just guessing oz's. I'd measure out the foods I could, but meats I never did.. just went off what was on the package.
I'd at least estimate. Palm = 4oz, etc.
I DO really love my food scale though.
I just bought a food scale this morning, and am going to start using it.. keep me more accountable/on track.. That's why I was asking.0 -
Nah, I usually just go by what it says on the package. For example, the chicken breasts I buy are, according to the package, 4 oz each. I trust what the package says. If it's +/- an ounce, I'm not worried about it.
This is what I had been doing, but wasn't sure if it's entirely accurate.
Thank you
It may be, or it may not be. All I can say is I've had no problems losing weight and I certainly DON'T weigh everything I eat (I do, however, practice portion control with measuring cups). +/- an ounce or two isn't gonna matter at all.
In addition, you can also use the "Rule of the Palm" i.e. a single serving of meat (4 oz) should be about the size of your palm, so if you can palm it, you can eat it.
Well, it's working so far, and I really haven't been weighing food, just guessing oz's. I'd measure out the foods I could, but meats I never did.. just went off what was on the package.
I'd at least estimate. Palm = 4oz, etc.
I DO really love my food scale though.
I have a food scale as well, but I haven't really ever used it. It's just much simpler for me to go by what the package says. However, I can't do this for everything so that's why I have measuring cups for things like milk and cereal.0
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