Food scale weighing

RayanaL
RayanaL Posts: 38 Member
edited November 17 in Health and Weight Loss
I just recently got a food scale . Is it better to weigh food after its cooked or before ? (Raw). What's do you guy think is better ?

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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Raw whenever possible
  • nefudaboss
    nefudaboss Posts: 69 Member
    Raw, and not frozen cause the water will lie to you
  • RayanaL
    RayanaL Posts: 38 Member
    RayanaL wrote: »
    I just recently got a food scale . Is it better to weigh food after its cooked or before ? (Raw). What's do you guy think is better ?

    Will it make a huge difference?
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    RayanaL wrote: »
    RayanaL wrote: »
    I just recently got a food scale . Is it better to weigh food after its cooked or before ? (Raw). What's do you guy think is better ?

    Will it make a huge difference?

    Depends on how you cook your food. You can take a thick juicy steak and cook the hell out of it until it is a tiny shriveled puck that weighs half the amount and all you've cooked out is water not the calories.

    If you don't want to weigh the raw product just be sure to pick an entry for cooked and the way it was cooked if possible.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    Raw is going to be more accurate. Just be sure to account for any calories added in cooking (oil, butter, cream, etc.)
  • crowleyed72
    crowleyed72 Posts: 247 Member
    Don't you cook the fat out of ground beef when cooked on the grill or a George Forman
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