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Chicken breast 5oz raw or cooked

rrg1975
rrg1975 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Getting Started
Hi. Chicken breast 5oz cooked or raw?

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  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    Not sure what you mean? Do you weigh the chicken raw or cooked? If raw, then use a raw entry. If cooked, you can use a cooked entry, or convert it out using the raw entry (3 oz cooked = 4 oz raw).
  • texasredreb
    texasredreb Posts: 548 Member
    You'll get arguments for both ways but when I log I choose cooked weight because that's how I eat it.
  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    texasredreb wrote: »
    You'll get arguments for both ways but when I log I choose cooked weight because that's how I eat it.

    The reason why people recommend weighing raw if you have the option is because cooking via various method removes different amounts of water from each other. So it's more of an estimate if you weigh cooked, because you don't know how much raw you actually started with, which is what dictates the calorie amount.
  • DaintyWhisper
    DaintyWhisper Posts: 221 Member
    edited May 2019
    I prefer to weigh chicken breast raw, because that's usually how it's listed on the nutrition label. I find it to be more accurate. Plus, it's easier to just weigh it raw first so I can know how much I'm eating before it's cooked.
  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    as much as i can i weigh raw and select raw entry in database.
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