Weighing Food Cooked VS Uncooked

[Bio-Active]

Can someone explain to me the logic behind weighing your food uncooked? I have been weighing my boneless skinless chicken for years after it is grilled in to 6oz portions. I had always assumed that was about 30 grams of protien Per serving. What are the thoughts out there?

[-KJ-]

Can someone explain to me the logic behind weighing your food uncooked? I have been weighing my boneless skinless chicken for years after it is grilled in to 6oz portions. I had always assumed that was about 30 grams of protien Per serving. What are the thoughts out there?

Weight it uncooked ALWAYS!
Cooked food will gain or lose depending on cooking method..
Example is rice. A lot heavier after cooking.

[Back In Black]

Weigh 2 x 4oz chicken breasts raw. Cook one for 20minutes and one for 25 minutes. Then weigh them. They will be different weights but still contain the same amount of protein

Same goes for the likes of rice and pasta different cooking times will dictate how much more water they absorb giving different cooking weights.

Baked potatoes lose water as they cook much the same as meats.

Make sense?

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if u weigh 1lb of chikn (100g protein roughly) raw and then throw it on the grill and cook it, the finished product will weigh more like 3/4 lb due to the water that it loses while being cooked. however itll still contain 100g protein (and thus around 400cals)

lets assume u need 100g protein as well for u macro requirement BTW..

if u go by cooked weight u will weigh the chikn and since it only weighs 3/4lb ur gonna need to add another 1/4lb cooked chikn to this which is probably closer to 1/3 lb raw.

so basically ur eating 1 1/3lbs chikn (133g protein or 500cals) thinking ur eating 1 pound chikn (100g protein or 400cals) because ur weighing it after its cooked.

get it?

[Bio-Active]

if u weigh 1lb of chikn (100g protein roughly) raw and then throw it on the grill and cook it, the finished product will weigh more like 3/4 lb due to the water that it loses while being cooked. however itll still contain 100g protein (and thus around 400cals)

lets assume u need 100g protein as well for u macro requirement BTW..

if u go by cooked weight u will weigh the chikn and since it only weighs 3/4lb ur gonna need to add another 1/4lb cooked chikn to this which is probably closer to 1/3 lb raw.

so basically ur eating 1 1/3lbs chikn (133g protein or 500cals) thinking ur eating 1 pound chikn (100g protein or 400cals) because ur weighing it after its cooked.

get it?

Yes it makes sense..... So i am basically over eating or at least eating more than i thought i was?

[canesfan804]

I have always weighed after. Worse case if yall are right Im getting more protein because I cook chicken on grill or in the crockpot, with no sauces or liquids added. I do inject my turkey tho but even still doubt Im skewing measurements the wrong way since so much cooks off it. More protein is better in my case.

[kronik420]

I have always weighed after. Worse case if yall are right Im getting more protein because I cook chicken on grill or in the crockpot, with no sauces or liquids added. I do inject my turkey tho but even still doubt Im skewing measurements the wrong way since so much cooks off it. More protein is better in my case.

wait.. what? you inject turkey? lol IM, subq, or IV?

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Yes it makes sense..... So i am basically over eating or at least eating more than i thought i was?

that is correct jim.

I have always weighed after. Worse case if yall are right Im getting more protein because I cook chicken on grill or in the crockpot, with no sauces or liquids added. I do inject my turkey tho but even still doubt Im skewing measurements the wrong way since so much cooks off it. More protein is better in my case.

as long as ur not cutting i suppose going over on ur cals isnt too to bad but the reason u set caloric goals is to hit them right??

wait.. what? you inject turkey? lol IM, subq, or IV?

LOL..

[Bio-Active]

Well i am going to make some adjustments and we will see just how lean i can get this old body before summer!!!! I thought i was cutting at about 2,400 calories but i was eating between 5 and 6 hundred more than that. Ugh i am gonna be hungry