HELP!!! Do you weigh your meat cooked or uncooked?

It took 5 min. To stop laughing about children breast. Child welfare needs to make a home visit to see if her children still have their breast. Since she likes to eat children breast. Just kidding, that was so funny!

I don't understand the confusion. The most accurate in my opinion is raw weight.
Here's why:
I take two identical pieces of sirloin which weigh 300 grams each. They have the exact same raw value and macro profile.
I cook mine medium rare and my wife's well done.
Now the cooked weight of mine is 250 grams, but my wife's is 200 grams (It lost more water)..
If you use the cooked values, one of those same pieces of meat will be logged incorrectly.
The same goes for chicken. I like mine just cooked but still juicy. She likes hers almost powdered I call it.
To me it only makes logical sense to weigh raw.

http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/

I like this website where you can determine the cals and nutrients of many foods whether raw or cooked. These are often already listed in the MFP database. I generally weigh my meat/veggies cooked when it’s feasible since the cals and nutrients definitely change after cooking (although not always by much.) When it’s not feasible (like a casserole) I weigh the raw ingredients. I don’t think either method is “wrong” I just think weighing after cooking is slightly more accurate since that is generally how we ingest it. My tip: Don’t sweat the details too much - If we’re being THAT exact about our intake – we’ll all be successful…..!

I have been weighing my food cooked for the past couple of years and steady dropping weight. Its really no biggie IMO just as long as you weigh your food.
The app on my phone has the barcode scanner so you can scan the code and all the info will pop up for that serving. after a while of doing this you will train yourself to know which is which and how much your average portion size should look. Good Luck!

I had the same question so I contacted foster farms who sells boneless skinless chicken breasts at costco. The rep who emailed me back stated the norm for nutritional values are based on how the product is sold unless it states otherwise. So if you buy raw chicken you weigh it raw. If you buy cooked meat it is of course is the weight cooked. Hope this helps sorry if you now have to cut the protein intake back a little.

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ebdavey wrote: »

On the idea of cooking adding calories... I'm a biochemist... ive read various articles (including the one posted by ddoeren84). I suspect that this is a red herring... Calorific values are calculated using a bomb calorimeter - basically the test item is burned completely and the output energy measured. quote]
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- I've always wondered how it was measured but never took the time to research it. Thank you for the info.

doctorsookie wrote: »

Initially, I do both. I weigh it raw and then I cook it and weigh it again. Then I make an entry under My Foods with the weight it was cooked yielding from the weight it was raw. That way, I can confidently cook the meat without weighing before every time because I already know what a serving will weigh. i do the same thing with pasta.

I have a high school ratio math test question for you all.

Q.1.: If I have 1.8kg of raw roast meat

...then cook it

The roast meat is now 1.2kg of cooked roast meat.

If I measure 200g of cooked roast meat, what did it weigh raw?

What is the calculation?

A: (1800g / 1200g) x 200g = 300g

Ratio: 1800:1200 = 3:2

Therefore the cooked 200g of meat was actually 300g of raw meat.

Yes, you would need to weigh raw first, then cook and then weigh again. But if you want to know how to work it out and be confident with what weight you are logging, then there it is.

It's all well and good to weigh raw food, but when you're cooking roast meats, it's hard to feel like you're not just guessing / over estimating / under estimating.

I like to eat what's on my plate without feeling guilty that I've under calculated. I'm also a bit OCD when weighing so I like to be fairly close to the mark.

I hope this has helped atleast 1 person out there

I encounter the same problem with brown rice! Do I measure it dry or cooked??like 195g or 1cup of cooked brown rice or uncooked ?? Help

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