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raw or cooked???Measuring confusion

tashatashae
tashatashae Posts: 311 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
If the package of raw meat says 4 oz is 130 calories is that before or after cooking? i was not sure so if i measured it cooked, i do a 3 oz portion as a serving for 130 calories. if i measure it raw i do 4 oz a serving for 130 calories!!

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  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Measure/weigh meat raw.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    that is before cooking.
    So you weigh it raw and log 130 calories for 4oz.
  • krisfrantzen
    krisfrantzen Posts: 20 Member
    Just curious...why do we weigh raw....I've been putting in amounts I'm hoping is cooked cause that's when I tend to weigh it
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Raw
  • karyabc
    karyabc Posts: 830 Member
    the label almost always is for raw meat! .

    now, I do cook for a lot of people or my wonderful mother do my meal/dinner for me very often, I just with time and a little research have found entry very accurate for cooked food, it works too.
  • tashatashae
    tashatashae Posts: 311 Member
    krisfrantzen wrote: »
    Just curious...why do we weigh raw....I've been putting in amounts I'm hoping is cooked cause that's when I tend to weigh it
    if you weigh something raw than measure the same thing again cooked it weighs less food shrink when you cook it so 4oz cooked is actually way more if you were to weigh it raw.

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