Logging bacon?
SunnyDayzMomma
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How do you log bacon? The package always says the raw weight and calories. But I don't really make a habit of eating raw bacon, lol. I know they can't give nutritional facts for cooked, since it depends on how much you cook the fat down. I bake it in the oven, on a rack, and dab the extra fat off with paper towel. What I've been doing, is weighing the cooked bacon and logging that, same as raw (so 50 grams of raw is 200 calories, but I ate 50 grams of cooked bacon and logged it as the raw weight, so 200 calories). Is that about right? And please, no "I don't eat bacon so I don't know.". If you're going to judge me for eating bacon, just scroll on. I don't need that kind of people in my life, lol. :P
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I would weigh it raw and then count the lost fat through cooking as a bonus. I think some people weigh the grease and enter it as a negative in the food diary.0
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I believe the nutrition content does not change when cooked. I am Keto adapted and just log as is.2
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I would weigh it raw and then count the lost fat through cooking as a bonus. I think some people weigh the grease and enter it as a negative in the food diary.
Ugh I can't imagine weighing grease. That just sounds like a recipe for disaster in my kitchen, lol! But yes, that would be most accurate I bet. I'm too klutzy though!0 -
Weigh it raw, log it.
Cook it.
Eat it.
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I generally do this:Weigh it raw, log it.
Cook it.
Eat it.MonicaRAmbs wrote: »I believe the nutrition content does not change when cooked. I am Keto adapted and just log as is.
It does though. There is a lot of fat that gets rendered off the bacon.
You can do this:
Weigh the pan. Write down the weight. Log it using packaging information
Weigh raw bacon
Cook
Pat bacon dry
Place pan on scale
Take down the Wright and subtract pan weight.
What is left is the bacon drippings weight (minus what drained on the paper towel.
Log the negative calories.
You'd still be over estimating as you're not counting the drippings soaked up via paper towel, but you'd be close.
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Found this article about fat drippings, interesting and sort of what I thought!
http://graemethomasonline.com/more-fat-fiction/0 -
cerise_noir wrote: »I generally do this:Weigh it raw, log it.
Cook it.
Eat it.MonicaRAmbs wrote: »I believe the nutrition content does not change when cooked. I am Keto adapted and just log as is.
It does though. There is a lot of fat that gets rendered off the bacon.
You can do this:
Weigh the pan. Write down the weight. Log it using packaging information
Weigh raw bacon
Cook
Pat bacon dry
Place pan on scale
Take down the Wright and subtract pan weight.
What is left is the bacon drippings weight (minus what drained on the paper towel.
Log the negative calories.
You'd still be over estimating as you're not counting the drippings soaked up via paper towel, but you'd be close.
Thanks, that's sort of what I thought. I mean it's like logging raw chicken with skin on, cooking it, removing the skin and excess fat and then eating it. There's so many calories and fat in that skin, enough to look into and figure out the actual amount. A few calories here and there, yeah I get that it's a wash and just forget about it. But we're talking a lot of calories. And about something very tasty, lol.
And that's a good way to do it, weighing the pan. I would have probably tried to pour the drippings into a bowl to weigh and spilt it somewhere along the way, lol!0 -
MonicaRAmbs wrote: »I believe the nutrition content does not change when cooked. I am Keto adapted and just log as is.
The calories per gram does change. If you want to be accurate, you should not log the cooked weight using a raw entry.
According to the USDA nutrient database, raw bacon (pork, cured, bacon, unprepared) has 417 calories per 100 grams, while baked bacon (pork, cured, bacon, cooked, baked) has 548 calories per 100 grams.
I admit this is counterintuitive to me, since I've always assumed most of the lost weight was fat, but apparently a good bit of it is water as well (so that the food becomes more calorie-dense with cooking, rather than less calorie-dense).
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Save the drippings for eggs and other things that need fat. Yum. Bacon.2
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Seems way too complicated. Buy the precooked bacon and log it that way. #lazygirlsolutions2
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You could put a piece of pre-weighed tinfoil in the bottom of the tray to catch the dripping fat and then just weigh that after. Might be easier than weighing the whole pan which may be much bigger than the scale. Also saves on washing up the tray...
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »MonicaRAmbs wrote: »I believe the nutrition content does not change when cooked. I am Keto adapted and just log as is.
The calories per gram does change. If you want to be accurate, you should not log the cooked weight using a raw entry.
According to the USDA nutrient database, raw bacon (pork, cured, bacon, unprepared) has 417 calories per 100 grams, while baked bacon (pork, cured, bacon, cooked, baked) has 548 calories per 100 grams.
I admit this is counterintuitive to me, since I've always assumed most of the lost weight was fat, but apparently a good bit of it is water as well (so that the food becomes more calorie-dense with cooking, rather than less calorie-dense).
Yea but 100g of cooked bacon is like 250g of raw bacon... so although it's more calorie dense you're actually getting more slices.0 -
Save the grease for future recipes
I don't like bacon but pig fat is delicious0 -
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CooCooPuff wrote: »Save the grease for future recipes
I don't like bacon but pig fat is delicious
That's weird :laugh:1 -
I used to weigh it cooked, then used a "cooked bacon" entry.
What do I know? In real life, I just call it 80cals per two slices - because the package says that - and move on. It hasn't affected my weight loss or maintenance. I mean, it's not like this is an exact science outside of a research lab with controlled e v e r y t h i n g.0 -
I have noticed Bacon as between 40-50 calories per slice..almost anywhere you look. Don't make it complicated.
that's 120-150 calories for three slices..and it's most likely just as accurate as you weighing raw bacon, weighing the grease that was fried off, weighing the fried or baked bacon, ie..finished product, etc.
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I just log the raw bacon calories and then fry my eggs in the bacon grease..yum yum
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