My Potatoes Lost Weight

STCB7379
STCB7379 Posts: 21 Member
edited November 25 in Food and Nutrition
For some reason, I struggle daily to lose weight yet I put my potatoes in the oven for 1/2 an hour and they lost 3 ounces. So my question is do I weigh them before or after cooking?

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Since it has been cooked look for cooked weight.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    edited October 2015
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Since it has been cooked look for cooked weight.

    Or weigh them before and record them using an uncooked weight. Doesn't really matter, just be sure your method matches the entry you're using in the database.

    They weigh less (primarily) because some of the water they contain evaporated in the baking process.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Since it has been cooked look for cooked weight.

    Or weigh them before and record them using an uncooked weight.

    They weigh less (primarily) because some of the water they contain evaporated in the baking process.

    Thanks @juggernaut1974 This^^ too!
  • bri170lb
    bri170lb Posts: 1,375 Member
    I thought your question was... do I weigh less before or after cooking....i was very confused! :smile:







  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Since it has been cooked look for cooked weight.

    Or weigh them before and record them using an uncooked weight. Doesn't really matter, just be sure your method matches the entry you're using in the database.

    They weigh less (primarily) because some of the water they contain evaporated in the baking process.

    Yes, this. Make sure you use the correct entry if you're cooking it versus not.

    I weigh everything raw and use raw entries from the database.
  • adhebert8
    adhebert8 Posts: 27 Member
    bri170lb wrote: »
    I thought your question was... do I weigh less before or after cooking....i was very confused! :smile:







    Heehee I did too! I weigh everything before it is cooked personally.
  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
    Raw weight will always be more accurate. Cooked weight will be a guesstimate that possibly came from a random log or a food product that is related to it. Use raw weight if you want to be most accurate.
  • STCB7379
    STCB7379 Posts: 21 Member
    Thanks everyone. :)
  • vegangela_
    vegangela_ Posts: 154 Member
    I thought you were going to suggest that we all get in the oven for half an hour so that we could lose 3 ounces.
  • forgtmenot
    forgtmenot Posts: 860 Member
    Its only losing water so it really doesn't matter as long as you are logging it as cooked if weighed cooked or raw if weighed raw.
  • STCB7379
    STCB7379 Posts: 21 Member
    vegangela_ wrote: »
    I thought you were going to suggest that we all get in the oven for half an hour so that we could lose 3 ounces.

    If only it were so easy!
  • Acidique
    Acidique Posts: 119 Member
    STCB7379 wrote: »
    vegangela_ wrote: »
    I thought you were going to suggest that we all get in the oven for half an hour so that we could lose 3 ounces.

    If only it were so easy!

    I don't call getting in the oven easy! I am not going to fit, and additionally, I don't think I tolerate baking well.
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    I thought potatoes was a euphemism for something
  • STCB7379
    STCB7379 Posts: 21 Member
    BecomingBane wrote: »
    I thought potatoes was a euphemism for something

    Lol
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