When do you weigh food?

polkadottedribbon
polkadottedribbon Posts: 23
in Food and Nutrition
Before or after you cook it?

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  • IllustratedxGirl
    IllustratedxGirl Posts: 240 Member
    Before
  • SomeNights246
    SomeNights246 Posts: 807 Member
    A bit of both. Really depends on what I'm making. I generally go by whether the macros are listed for 'uncooked' or 'cooked'.
  • fitness_faeiry
    fitness_faeiry Posts: 354 Member
    before - all the raw ingredients
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Before when I can. If I'm making, like, 4 chicken breasts at once, after, and I'll use the 'cooked' entry, because I don't always eat a whole chicken breast and I'm not going to mark it or something to know which one is 'mine'... plus I won't have the choice but to weigh cooked for leftovers anyway.
  • Anita4548
    Anita4548 Posts: 39 Member
    Both - but thats just because I am obsessed :D

    Example: Rice

    I will weigh the raw rice and then boil it and weigh it again because I don't believe the back of the pack that says 100g raw rice = 250g cooked or something like that. How can I be sure that the rice will absorb 200g water and not 300?
    Therefore when I am cooking a couple of portions, I need to know the exact amount so

    if 100g raw rice = 370 cal => all the boiled rice has 370 cal. and I will weigh that. Then I divide by how many portions are there :D

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