Weighing Food
dmcforthewin
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Does anyone weigh their meat before or after cooking it? Since starting MFP, I have been cooking and then weighing meat.
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I weigh it before. Personal preference. Less mess.1
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I weigh it after I cook it.1
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dmcforthewin wrote: »
There is. Cooking causes water to evaporate, which means your cooked weighs less than it did when it was raw.
The key is choosing the right entry in the database. If you are weighing it cooked, you need to find a database entry that specifies cooked. The USDA entries often include a cooking method, like "chicken, breast meat, roasted" or something like that.4 -
dmcforthewin wrote: »
There is. Cooking causes water to evaporate, which means your cooked weighs less than it did when it was raw.
The key is choosing the right entry in the database. If you are weighing it cooked, you need to find a database entry that specifies cooked. The USDA entries often include a cooking method, like "chicken, breast meat, roasted" or something like that.
This. You can do either; just be sure you're choosing a correct entry for cooked/raw. Generally raw is considered more accurate since it eliminates the variable of how much water was evaporated in the cooking, but isn't always practical.2 -
When I still used a food scale I weighed everything, including meat, before cooking, (but thawed if it was something I was defrosting). Same with grains-did dry weight before cooking them.3
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I think the nutritional data on the package is pre-cooked because it will depend on how you prepare the food.3
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TryingAgain521 wrote: »I think the nutritional data on the package is pre-cooked because it will depend on how you prepare the food.
Yep. Unless the nutrition info on the package specifically says "as prepared" or something like that, the package is for raw. The entry you need to find in the database for cooked will be different than the package.1 -
TryingAgain521 wrote: »I think the nutritional data on the package is pre-cooked because it will depend on how you prepare the food.
Yep. Unless the nutrition info on the package specifically says "as prepared" or something like that, the package is for raw. The entry you need to find in the database for cooked will be different than the package.
Bacon is the big exception to the generally weighed raw rule (I know you know - just pointing out for general knowledge. Plus, I get to talk about bacon! Mmm bacon...)1 -
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now i want bacon2 -
dmcforthewin wrote: »
There is. Cooking causes water to evaporate, which means your cooked weighs less than it did when it was raw.
The key is choosing the right entry in the database. If you are weighing it cooked, you need to find a database entry that specifies cooked. The USDA entries often include a cooking method, like "chicken, breast meat, roasted" or something like that.
That makes sense to looked for the version of cooking. I weigh my raw hamburger meat into 4 oz and then I free it and then just cook that amount.0 -
Thanks so much! Will be sure to look for cooked or raw from now on.dmcforthewin wrote: »
There is. Cooking causes water to evaporate, which means your cooked weighs less than it did when it was raw.
The key is choosing the right entry in the database. If you are weighing it cooked, you need to find a database entry that specifies cooked. The USDA entries often include a cooking method, like "chicken, breast meat, roasted" or something like that.
This. You can do either; just be sure you're choosing a correct entry for cooked/raw. Generally raw is considered more accurate since it eliminates the variable of how much water was evaporated in the cooking, but isn't always practical.
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Thanks everyone! Everyone seems to have the same idea. I will just make sure to look into the food database for raw or cooked, when putting in my food entries.1
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Compare what you find with the USDA entry.
Once you have it saved in your diary you know the entry is correct every time you use it.
It is a bit of work at the beginning, but once you have your diary filled with the correct entries logging gets a whole lot easier.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10621050/how-to-use-the-usda-food-database-mfp-food-database-for-accurate-logging/p1
Cheers, h.3 -
Completely agree with this ^^^^1
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Weigh only what you are going to eat. If a roasted chicken has a half cup of grease in the roasting pan, then you should only weigh it raw if you plan on drinking the chicken fat. Same for bacon. Not drinking the bacon fat that renders out? don't weigh it. And, as others have said, use an entry from USDA that corresponds to what you are weighing, i.e. raw or cooked.2
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middlehaitch wrote: »Compare what you find with the USDA entry.
Once you have it saved in your diary you know the entry is correct every time you use it.
It is a bit of work at the beginning, but once you have your diary filled with the correct entries logging gets a whole lot easier.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10621050/how-to-use-the-usda-food-database-mfp-food-database-for-accurate-logging/p1
Cheers, h.
Thanks for the advice!1
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