How to Measure Right?

mrsbadara
mrsbadara Posts: 22
edited October 4 in Health and Weight Loss
So I've been measuring my meats frozen or raw.... but when cooked it seems like such a small amount. How does everyone else measure things like this?

Frozen, raw, or cooked? :-/

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  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    Raw
  • CherrySunday
    CherrySunday Posts: 301
    I measure my stuff AFTER they're cooked. I figure that's what's going into your body.
  • Tori_356
    Tori_356 Posts: 510 Member
    cooked
  • JennATC
    JennATC Posts: 64
    cooked weight
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    Nutritional information is always based on the RAW weight, unless otherwise specified. If you go by cooked weight you are under-counting your calories.
  • lor007
    lor007 Posts: 884 Member
    Nutritional information is always based on the RAW weight, unless otherwise specified. If you go by cooked weight you are under-counting your calories.

    This.
  • lor007
    lor007 Posts: 884 Member
    Duplicate.
  • Kyliechristie
    Kyliechristie Posts: 85
    I always go by raw weight for meat - saves me weighing it as most of the time the weight is on the packaging:)
  • CharlieBarleyMom
    CharlieBarleyMom Posts: 727 Member
    Always raw because that's the only true way to know how much you're eating. Depending on how you cook it, it may be way smaller than the original amount... still, you work with the raw amount.

    I have found many items in the MFP database that are labeled cooked. I stay away from those.
  • mrsbadara
    mrsbadara Posts: 22
    So... if I take a frozen chicken breast and toss it in a steamfresh bag (my usual lunch lately) how would I measure THAT? Wouldn't frozen weigh more than raw? I should have been a little more descript with my particular question...
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    So... if I take a frozen chicken breast and toss it in a steamfresh bag (my usual lunch lately) how would I measure THAT? Wouldn't frozen weigh more than raw? I should have been a little more descript with my particular question...
    No, there's no reason something frozen would weigh more than something thawed. They both contain the water weight of the item, the only difference is what chemical state the water is in. Think of it this way....if you take a glass of water and freeze it...the only thing that changes is that the water expands a bit and turns solid. It still is the same amount of water and weighs the exact same.
  • mrsbadara
    mrsbadara Posts: 22
    Thanks Killagb.... that makes sense..... it's been awhile since science class haha. Blonde moments hit us all.
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