myfitnesspal: Do I weigh my chicken raw or cooked? HELP!
 

I was reading a random fitness article and it said that you could be tracking your calories wrong if you weigh the chicken cooked. Now I am confused. I don't want to put raw chicken on my beautiful scale :( But more importantly, I don't want to continue miscalculating my calories.

Thank you.

weigh the chicken in a dish. put the dish on the scale and then tare it or put to zero then add the chicken to see the weight

Yeah I know, but do I weigh it when it's raw or when it's cooked?

I've had that same question--I like to weigh my chicken cooked. MFP does not always specify whether the macros are for cooked or raw chicken. Here is a good database, USDA, for all kinds of chicken. (You can look up any food here).

https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/...dard+Reference

Once you find your cut of chicken, cooked, you can search MFP to find chicken that has the same nutritional profile. it takes a little digging.

I use boneless skinless chicken breast. Cooked, 1 oz has 43 calories, 9g protein. 1 g fat. With a different cut, or with skin or bone in, it will be somewhat different.

On MFP put in grilled chicken and it will give you the ounces to put in, it is the cooked/grilled ounces

Thank you so much for your help! :)