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Weighing Food

tiffdriver
tiffdriver Posts: 1 Member
edited February 19 in Food and Nutrition
I just bought a scale today so I can start weighing my food so I can keep a better track of how many calories I am eating. I was wondering when I'm fixing meat should I weigh it before or after I cook it? Another question is about seasonings, like tonight I added garlic salt onion salt and pepper to my chicken. Should I be measuring seasonings out to, or does it not matter because it doesn't really make a big difference to the calories.

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  • hei_ma_ma
    hei_ma_ma Posts: 61 Member
    I don't measure seasonings. I don't worry about those calories. I do log things like ketchup and salsa, but not dried seasonings like pepper.

    As to weighing meat, I weigh after cooking.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    The most accurate way to weigh your meat is to weigh it raw. If you choose or need to weigh it after cooking, then be sure you choose the appropriate entry in the database (baked, fried, grilled, etc.)
  • onefortyone
    onefortyone Posts: 531 Member
    I weigh everything raw and log it raw.
  • Ely82010
    Ely82010 Posts: 1,998 Member
    I just bought a scale today so I can start weighing my food so I can keep a better track of how many calories I am eating. I was wondering when I'm fixing meat should I weigh it before or after I cook it? Another question is about seasonings, like tonight I added garlic salt onion salt and pepper to my chicken. Should I be measuring seasonings out to, or does it not matter because it doesn't really make a big difference to the calories.

    I use the recipe builder in this database and enter all the ingredients before cooking. The only reason why I log seasoning is to have an idea of what I used in a particular recipe.

    If you cooked chicken, did you use oil or butter. If you did, then also log it.
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