maybe dumb question about weighing food
 

do you weigh meat (for portion sizes) before or after it is cooked?
thanx
tracyg

I don't weigh.. I guess. But I think you are supposed to do it before it is cooked... I am sure someone will saying differently, haha.

I'm almost sure you are supposed to weigh it before.

I weigh it after... after all, it loses moisture during the cooking process, and thereby loses weight. It'd be more accurate to weigh it when you're actually able to eat it.

I weigh it before...because after doesn't it soak up all of the cooking oils and water?
But I don't know if it really makes that big of a difference.

I count my calories on Fitday - the PC version - and they have calories for both cooked and raw, so if I remember to weigh before I use the raw count, if not I use the cooked count. I think it would depend on what plan you're on and whether your source for calorie counting (if you calorie count) is for raw or cooked. Does that make sense?

I use fitday as well. When I weigh meat depends on how I'm serving it. For instance I make 1/4 pound hamburger patties so I use the "oz raw, yield after cooking" fitday option. If it is hamburger for tacos I use the "cups cooked" fitday option because I can't portion out my serving before it is cooked. I apply the same principle to any other meat.