do you measure/weigh cooked food? or each ingredient?

I weigh every ingredient and add it in my recipes so I can what the calories are per portion

Yes. Weigh raw.

i dont weigh the eggs, I would make a recipe saying how many eggs, how much milk (50ml usually) and weigh the ham. Then you have your calories

I weigh raw and also by difference. So obviously a piece of ham is easy to weigh. Just put it on the scales. but if say I had some peanut butter, I frequently put the jar on the scales, zero it and then take out what I want. The digital scales read the value I have used. This saves getting another dish dirty.

I always weigh raw food and use recipe builder to put it in. That way next time I make the meal I have it ready, and all I have to do is weigh it again.

angelamichelle_xo wrote: »

okay so how would you weigh... for example. cooking a scrambled egg with a splash of milk and a slice of ham...

Weigh each thing as you go along. I tend to microwave scrambled eggs so,

1) Put microwave dish on scales, tare it to zero. Crack eggs into the dish and note the weight of the raw eggs.
2) Put milk container on the scales, tare to zero. Add a splash of milk to the dish, then reweigh the milk container taking the negative weight as the amount.
3) Adding the ham is again easy, just weigh it and add ^^

The first time using new ingredients is always a bit of a pain finding them in the database - as sometimes what you come across does not have accurate calories listed, so I'll often cross check to the USDA database. But after that it's easy as they are then in your frequent food list.

If its a common meal, I'll use the quick tools to remember this meal - and the next time just adjust the weights as needed.

Some smart ideas here, thanks for the tips!

glenelliott5872 wrote: »

I weigh raw and also by difference. So obviously a piece of ham is easy to weigh. Just put it on the scales. but if say I had some peanut butter, I frequently put the jar on the scales, zero it and then take out what I want. The digital scales read the value I have used. This saves getting another dish dirty.

Never thought of measuring PB this way. Sooooo much easier. Ty

smiles4jo wrote: »

Dreysander wrote: »

I weigh everything raw then cook it usually.

What about if something is frozen? Like veggies or meat?

If veggies are frozen then its already weighed out. 60grams is 60 calories, then you just use a food scale.
Same thing with meat. If not then google the nutrition value and use that.

angelamichelle_xo wrote: »

AdrianChr92 wrote: »

I measure before. Careful though to log it right

For example, raw chicken is 100 cal for 100 grams
But cooked chicken (let's say grilled) looses lots of water and it's more 160 cal for 100 grams.

So to maintain a standard I weigh and log everything raw

but what about the (grilled) 60 calories youre actually eating? you skip out on logging it.

Nothing changes, is still 160 calories for 4 oz or 112 grams. after it cooks re-weight it.
Its still 160 calories for 4 oz, 112 grams the end result its you get to eat more volume.