Scaling out your food

[Bigred08]

does it matter if you scale your food cooked or raw? Just cooked a shitload of chicken and I’m shy a couple of days for meals, so now I’m cooking again!

 

[Evom1]

Just matters for how you designed your diet .Are the measurements you based your macros off pre or post cooked? The meat obviously weighs less cooked than pre cooked. The calories in 8oz raw beef vs cooked is different

 

[Bigred08]

Damn I didn’t think about that, I did my macros for raw thank ya sir

 

[Mac11wildcat]

Damn I didn’t think about that, I did my macros for raw thank ya sir

My opinion; always cooked weight.

Fuck portioning cooked rice and such when you weighed it raw. It’s also much more common to see cooked measures on tracking apps.

 

[socalmk6gti]

My opinion; always cooked weight.

Fuck portioning cooked rice and such when you weighed it raw. It’s also much more common to see cooked measures on tracking apps.

This!

Also if you use My fitness pal, search for "cooked chicken breast" instead of "chicken breast" it will change your macros drastically by adding the "cooked"

Not to mention salmonella is no joke, so weighing and cutting a bunch of raw chicken would be messy as hell and have juices everywhere contaminating your kitchen.

 

[Endure]

Yeah I always weigh cooked. Don't want to deal with raw meats all over my scale as I use it all the time.

 

[Hawkins]

I use the scale for proteins and measuring cups for most carbs (except potatoes).

Everything is weighed or measured cooked.

 

[Bigred08]

I appreciate everyone’s help.

 

[ergomaniac]

does it matter if you scale your food cooked or raw? Just cooked a shitload of chicken and I’m shy a couple of days for meals, so now I’m cooking again!

it could.
weigh it out raw. be aware of the fat/protein. then cook it however you like.
then weigh it again.
some math involved

 

[ergomaniac]

Yeah I always weigh cooked. Don't want to deal with raw meats all over my scale as I use it all the time.

you could always, idk.., use a bowl

 

[anfee]

Anyone else really anal about buying packs of meat that are just over 1lb? Then you don’t really have to weigh the meat. 2 packs. 2lbs. 4-8oz meals. Problem solved for meats.

I always cook 3 cups of rice, or 12 servings. After it’s cooked, I eyeball 12 ziplock plastic containers. Bingo. Also, if you cook white rice, like me, freeze it!!! Then when you wanna heat it up, toss the container into the microwave with no top, high for 3 minutes... that shit comes right back to life! Found this one day in post on bodybuilding.com from like ‘06 Lolol. But it works!

 

[ergomaniac]

Anyone else really anal about buying packs of meat that are just over 1lb? Then you don’t really have to weigh the meat. 2 packs. 2lbs. 4-8oz meals. Problem solved for meats.

I always cook 3 cups of rice, or 12 servings. After it’s cooked, I eyeball 12 ziplock plastic containers. Bingo. Also, if you cook white rice, like me, freeze it!!! Then when you wanna heat it up, toss the container into the microwave with no top, high for 3 minutes... that shit comes right back to life! Found this one day in post on bodybuilding.com from like ‘06 Lolol. But it works!

no.
but do they include the packaging weight in the total weight?
because some places do.

 

[socalmk6gti]

Anyone else really anal about buying packs of meat that are just over 1lb? Then you don’t really have to weigh the meat. 2 packs. 2lbs. 4-8oz meals. Problem solved for meats.

I always cook 3 cups of rice, or 12 servings. After it’s cooked, I eyeball 12 ziplock plastic containers. Bingo. Also, if you cook white rice, like me, freeze it!!! Then when you wanna heat it up, toss the container into the microwave with no top, high for 3 minutes... that shit comes right back to life! Found this one day in post on bodybuilding.com from like ‘06 Lolol. But it works!

You're not going to be consistent at all with your macros going this route. For the average Joe that may work but if you're trying to dial in your prep for a show or really trying to calculate your macros you're going to be way off. It's best to calculate cooked proteins always. The moisture and fat content of a protein will skew the caloric intake quite a bit. If you're traveling then I'd say this is a good method to use, but if you do meal prep with a scale that difference could mean 100+/- calories a day x 7-days and you're looking at possibly causing your own fat loss stalling over time.

 

[anfee]

You're not going to be consistent at all with your macros going this route. For the average Joe that may work but if you're trying to dial in your prep for a show or really trying to calculate your macros you're going to be way off. It's best to calculate cooked proteins always. The moisture and fat content of a protein will skew the caloric intake quite a bit. If you're traveling then I'd say this is a good method to use, but if you do meal prep with a scale that difference could mean 100+/- calories a day x 7-days and you're looking at possibly causing your own fat loss stalling over time.

I’m not prepping for anything except easier meals for the next few days. Otherwise it’s fast food for lunch/going out with coworkers.

The 2lb meat scenario, I could weigh all the cooked meat and then divide by 4 equal parts, therefore, 4-8oz meals at a precooked weight. I got by the nutrition facts on the packaging, which is always at precooked/raw weight.

I don’t eat 7 meals a day either, only 4-5 meals. Otherwise my coworkers would be pissed with me heating up 3-4 meals during the day and stinking up the office lol. But to each their own.

 

[Btcowboy]

I do cooked weights unless I made a burger, then I will weigh raw knowing it will be less cooked.

Although now in keep it simple. As I an currently in ground Turkey for my protein source. I cooked it up, measured it 1 cup and weighed.it was the weight I wanted so now to save time in just measure out 1 cup per serving, no weighing. Of course this means some prework to determine amounts, and sticking to a pretty boring diet plan. I dont mind it as it's easy and taste good. When eating steak or pork I will measure raw as I buy roasts and slice into steaks.

 

[Endure]

no.
but do they include the packaging weight in the total weight?
because some places do.

I understand that. My point is I weight out everything so I would literally have to have 30 bowls for a week washing and reusing etc. It's just easier not dealing with raw meat.

 

[ergomaniac]

I understand that. My point is I weight out everything so I would literally have to have 30 bowls for a week washing and reusing etc. It's just easier not dealing with raw meat.

more confusing when you quote the wrong post

but "literally", 30 bowls?

weigh it raw, whatever the weight. cook however you like. weigh it again. do some math. then go from there.