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RachelRemkes
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Do you weigh your meat raw or cooked? Ta
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Raw1
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I weight it cooked0
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Chop up raw meat into 2oz portions. So you know exactly what you are serving.
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Always raw1
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Raw whenever possible0
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I guess the USDA nutrition database doesn't know what it's doing.
Basic Report: 13369, Beef, brisket, flat half, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, braised
If you weigh raw, use a raw entry. If you weigh cooked use an entry for the same style of cooking.9 -
Raw. Cooked is never consistent because cooking time and temp will cook out different amounts of fat and liquid.0
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If you weigh raw use raw data, if you weigh cooked use cooked data. Raw is generally preferred but not always realistic to do (I bulk cook and freeze diced chicken for example...that is weighed cooked because I am not cooking 4 oz portions separately.2
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Depending on how much you eat/cook, weighing raw isn't always practical. I eat roughly 5lbs of ground meat per week, so it's pretty much impractical to weigh it because I cook in bulk.
What I tend to do is multiply it by 1.5 for tracking purposes. So basically if i eat 10oz for dinner, I track it as 15.
I've found this method works quite well. I've actually stalled in the past from likely eating more than I should have, from using the raw weight of cooked meat. The calorie differences can be quite significant!
Here's the site I found:
http://www.ontheregimen.com/2013/08/28/how-to-weigh-meat-cooked-or-raw/3 -
If you weigh raw use raw data, if you weigh cooked use cooked data. Raw is generally preferred but not always realistic to do (I bulk cook and freeze diced chicken for example...that is weighed cooked because I am not cooking 4 oz portions separately.
Weigh it first, then work out how much per portion when you divide it....0 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »If you weigh raw use raw data, if you weigh cooked use cooked data. Raw is generally preferred but not always realistic to do (I bulk cook and freeze diced chicken for example...that is weighed cooked because I am not cooking 4 oz portions separately.
Weigh it first, then work out how much per portion when you divide it....
Except I don't eat the same amount each time, nor so I eat it that fast...it may sit in freezer for weeks before it is eaten. I just use USDA values for cooked and it seems to be working fine.
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »
I guess the USDA nutrition database doesn't know what it's doing.
Basic Report: 13369, Beef, brisket, flat half, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, braised
If you weigh raw, use a raw entry. If you weigh cooked use an entry for the same style of cooking.
Show me a true 0" fat brisket and I'll eat my hat2 -
Raw is more accurate. Cooked weight can vary depending on how well done or not it is. As it's cooked it loses moisture and thus weighs less.0
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I would say just track it based on whether it was weighed raw or cooked. Truth is that it is probably not relevant to your overall success. The fact you are even weighing your food is far more proactive than most people so I definitely would not stress too much about it.
My guess is if someone has gained a lot of weight it was not due to weighing the food cooked vs. raw but rather overeating for an extended period of time. If it is easier to weigh raw, do it. If its easier to weigh cooked, do that.1 -
I think this is a little hyperbolic. There are accurate and appropriate entries in the database for both the raw and the cooked weight. It's not accurate to say that ALL nutrition info is based on raw. True, raw is a bit more accurate and the nutrition label will be for the raw or as packaged weight (unless it specifies otherwise as is usually the case for things like bacon), but as long as @ky_2_ks is choosing entries that match the way they choose to weigh it won't be too far off. A lot of people have had success with this, especially when you're batch cooking or cooking for a family.2 -
cooked becuase that's what im eating...im not eating the frozen or raw product4
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Depends on what I'm making. If I'm cooking for several people, cooked, if I'm just making myself a burger or a steak, raw.
Just use the appropriate entry.3 -
Depends on what I'm cooking. As long as it's the corresponding cooked vs raw entry, then it's fine. I've done it for years with no issues.
Raw is more precise but not always practical.1 -
RachelRemkes wrote: »Do you weigh your meat raw or cooked? Ta
Raw. It is the most accurate way to weigh and log it. There is no way to tell how much water you are cooking out of your meat. Yes, you might also be cooking some fat out but better to be over than under.1
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