Weighing food

StepB1987
StepB1987 Posts: 30 Member
edited November 24 in Health and Weight Loss
For those of you who weigh your meat, do you weigh it before or after it cooks? Which is better/ more accurate? I've been weight mine after I cook it.

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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    edited September 2015
    Weigh raw whenever possible.

    But as long as you are using the correct entry in the database you should be okay. So if you weigh it cooked use an entry that says cooked.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    Weigh raw whenever possible.

    But as long as you are using the correct entry in the database you should be okay. So if you weigh it cooked use an entry that says cooked.

    Same here. Raw when possible but if I need to weigh it after cooking I make sure I find a matching entry in the database (ie don't use a boiled entry if you grilled it, etc)
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    I weigh before it's cooked unless the packet specifically lists grilled/cooked weight :)
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    I cook for multiple people and have to log and weigh it cooked...

    esp say a roast beef or a roast chicken when you are getting pieces of it.
  • StepB1987
    StepB1987 Posts: 30 Member
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    SezxyStef wrote: »
    I cook for multiple people and have to log and weigh it cooked...

    esp say a roast beef or a roast chicken when you are getting pieces of it.
    Thank you, I have to agree with you, eventhough I appreciate everyone's views on this. I just find it less messy to weigh after , also I figured unless specified on the pack cooked and raw amounts equaling more or less than they assume you'll cook it then weigh it.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Raw whenever possible, but sometimes, that just isn't, so you do cooked.
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