Weigh sweet potato before or after?

johnnahooker
johnnahooker Posts: 11 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hello all! I was just curious to see how some of you weigh, cook, and log your sweet potato.

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  • Cynsonya
    Cynsonya Posts: 668 Member
    I weigh them raw. Even though it's quite depressing because they weigh so much less after cooking :/
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    I weigh all vegetables raw.
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    Everything raw. Pick raw USDA entry as well.
  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,185 Member
    I weigh it raw, cook it (usually in the microwave), and I weigh the skin after I am done eating it; but only if I remember or if I want to be really picky about the calories (not very often).
  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I weigh everything raw whenever possible.
  • johnnahooker
    johnnahooker Posts: 11 Member
    ok because weighing it raw, it weighed about 500 grams! i was not really sure how to log that? I have friends that chop it, cook it, then weigh it.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    edited April 2016
    johnnahooker wrote: »
    ok because weighing it raw, it weighed about 500 grams! i was not really sure how to log that? I have friends that chop it, cook it, then weigh it.

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  • johnnahooker
    johnnahooker Posts: 11 Member
    oh thank you so much! your truly amazing!
  • Cindy01Louisiana
    Cindy01Louisiana Posts: 302 Member
    I weigh mine after cooking and without skin. I just had one for lunch! To see the difference, I added both to my diary, raw and baked, 100 g. The raw was 118 cal, and the baked was 116 cal.
  • perkymommy
    perkymommy Posts: 1,642 Member
    edited April 2016
    johnnahooker wrote: »
    Hello all! I was just curious to see how some of you weigh, cook, and log your sweet potato.

    definitely after.

    My thinking is if you aren't eating it raw then why weigh it that way?
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I never eat a whole sweet potato so I weigh it cooked and use a USDA 'cooked' entry.
  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,185 Member
    @Francl27 Actually that makes more sense; I should try it because I also share the sweet potato with my husband.
  • eatmorepaleo5
    eatmorepaleo5 Posts: 4 Member
    I cut my sweet potato into disks, and lay them flat on a baking sheet with parchment and cook them in the oven. I then measure in grams after they are cooked. I usually have 50 grams of cooked sweet potato (which isn't very much) each day, because I love them so much. I use them in salads or mixed into oatmeal as a sweetener.
  • EddieP50
    EddieP50 Posts: 192 Member
    I do the same with baked potatoes, I cook it then cut in half or 1/4 and weigh the portion I am going to eat.
  • DonaldCriola
    DonaldCriola Posts: 19 Member
    johnnahooker wrote: »
    Hello all! I was just curious to see how some of you weigh, cook, and log your sweet potato.

    Always way all food except oatmeal after cooked because manything will cook down which means ur actually eating less and the other way around as well
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,321 Member
    DonaldCriola wrote: »
    johnnahooker wrote: »
    Hello all! I was just curious to see how some of you weigh, cook, and log your sweet potato.

    Always way all food except oatmeal after cooked because manything will cook down which means ur actually eating less and the other way around as well

    Other than in the case of meats, the difference in weight is primarily water weight. That does change calorie density. With meat it is water as well, but also some fat. Either way the changes that happen vary depending on how long something is cooked. That is why one should weigh raw.

    I will use meat as an example. A 8 ounce steak will lose different amounts of weight depending on how well done a person cooks it. A very small amount of what is lost is fat weight, the vast majority is water which does not change the calories of the raw meat. To think that something has less calories because it cooks down is to not understand why it cooks down.
  • johnnahooker
    johnnahooker Posts: 11 Member
    Awesome! Thank you all so much for your feedback! I got a lot of good ideas! Tonight I weighed it raw and then took the difference from the skin leftover. Next time I will for sure cut it up and bake it. That sounds good!

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