Weighing Foods

[mlong23]

When determing how much protein, carbs, fats and the rest do you weigh your food after or before cooking.

I would think that it would be after, but wanted to verify if by others.

 

[ninesecz]

most of the nutritonal info is on a certain amount of food say 4oz so if you are watching closely you would want to weigh the amount you are going to injest

 

[Excidium28]

I write down all the Ingredients & amount that I put in the meal, than calculate the caloric intake. You can get one of those charts that tell you how many calories each food is carb/fat/pro.

 

[Mac173]

I had the same question. When I make chicken I'll weigh out 3 breast which is usually 24oz for 2 meals but when I'm done microwaving them they weigh about 15oz.

 

[mlong23]

I had the same question. When I make chicken I'll weigh out 3 breast which is usually 24oz for 2 meals but when I'm done microwaving them they weigh about 15oz.

I think they usually lose a lot of water. Anyone know for sure when to weigh.

 

[Mac173]

bump for answer

 

[solidspine]

I never have, but if you are asking the question

You are not eating enough.

 

[gautho]

I'm not saying i'm right, but i weigh all my food out before cooking.

 

[solidspine]

Gautho


I’m curious why do you weigh your food,

I find it hard to take in enough calories and protein,

Real protein, I could drink shakes until I turn blue,

But Chicken Tuna, Steak, Fish, ToFu, I eat it all day long, Still hungry.

 

[get456]

I weigh all my meat portions.... For my carbs I can eye 1/2 servings pretty easily so thats not as much of an issue.

All of my chicken and steak gets portioned at 8oz and frozen

*edit- that was supposed to mean 1 or 2 servings

 

[gautho]

Gautho


I’m curious why do you weigh your food,

I find it hard to take in enough calories and protein,

Real protein, I could drink shakes until I turn blue,

But Chicken Tuna, Steak, Fish, ToFu, I eat it all day long, Still hungry.

Well, when you compete, you need to take all the guess work out of the equation, you can't guesstamate how many grams of proteins or carbs in a chicken breast or baked potatoe. You need a baseline, that way when you begin dieting you can make necessary adjustments. You may look at a chicken breast and say its 5oz and it may really be 8oz, thats a difference in 15g's of protein, same goes with all other foods. If your missing it over 6 meals, thats a difference in 90g's of protein or 360 calories. That's just the chicken, what if your underestimating potatoes, rice , veggies, fish, red meat. Then that number of cals will increase.

 

[badgergrl]

Usually, meats are weighed before cooking. If you look at the label, it usually says something like Serving Size: 4oz(raw)

 

[solidspine]

Well, when you compete, you need to take all the guess work out of the equation, you can't guesstamate how many grams of proteins or carbs in a chicken breast or baked potatoe. You need a baseline, that way when you begin dieting you can make necessary adjustments. You may look at a chicken breast and say its 5oz and it may really be 8oz, thats a difference in 15g's of protein, same goes with all other foods. If your missing it over 6 meals, thats a difference in 90g's of protein or 360 calories. That's just the chicken, what if your underestimating potatoes, rice , veggies, fish, red meat. Then that number of cals will increase.

Excellent point thank you,

 

[Excidium28]

Usually, meats are weighed before cooking. If you look at the label, it usually says something like Serving Size: 4oz(raw)

word

 

[MR. BMJ]

If you use the USDA calorie counter base, it has the calories calculated for raw and cooked servings.

BMJ

 

[20ss02]

Check out this site.....

www.calorieking.com

You can check the nutritional value of foods raw or cooked with various methods. For example, here is ground beef.

http://www.calorieking.com/foods/search.php?keywords=ground+beef&showresults=yes

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Well, when you compete, you need to take all the guess work out of the equation, you can't guesstamate how many grams of proteins or carbs in a chicken breast or baked potatoe. You need a baseline, that way when you begin dieting you can make necessary adjustments. You may look at a chicken breast and say its 5oz and it may really be 8oz, thats a difference in 15g's of protein, same goes with all other foods. If your missing it over 6 meals, thats a difference in 90g's of protein or 360 calories. That's just the chicken, what if your underestimating potatoes, rice , veggies, fish, red meat. Then that number of cals will increase.

Excellent post right there ^^^

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Check out this site.....
www.calorieking.com
You can check the nutritional value of foods raw or cooked with various methods. For example, here is ground beef.
http://www.calorieking.com/foods/search.php?keywords=ground+beef&showresults=yes

www.fitday.com

is a great one too, plug in your foods (customize them) and it's on point.

 

[20ss02]

www.fitday.com

is a great one too, plug in your foods (customize them) and it's on point.

Fitday is a great program. I bought the download version. There are still somethings not in the program, and calorieking fills in the gaps. Between the two there shouldn't be much you can't find.

 

[pitbullrocco]

i use fitday's app too and its pretty cool and well worth it. i even wrote them asking for the code so i could write in a function to allow for a "weight GAIN goal" since it only supports weight LOSS goals.....

but, i didn't hear back lol

btw, i weigh before....since i'm only cooking that particular serving, the difference is minute. but cooking 24oz might shed the weight a little more drastically.....