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Measuring Macros - raw vs cooked meat
Posted on 5/9/18 at 8:22 am
Posted on 5/9/18 at 8:22 am
I wanted to find the best way to measure my macros with meat. I'm not doing competitions or anything extreme, however I would like to be as accurate as possible. I will use chicken breast as an example. I snagged a pack or chicken breasts from Publix and the raw macros were as follows:
Total servings: 4
Serving Size: 4oz
Calories: 130
Fat: 3g
Carb: 0g
Protein: 25g
So a 1lb pack of chicken has 100g of protein, 12g of fat, and 520 calories.
Should I conclude that regardless of what the cooked weight is that the protein numbers didn't change? I'm assuming calories may change along with fat after some weight loss during cooking.
What I did this first round was grill the chicken and then weigh it cooked and just used the measurements against the numbers on the pack. I'm thinking my measurements would be off to some degree because of lesser weight. The raw 100g of protein now becomes lets say 75g when cooked, or is it?
I'm sorry to overthink, i'm kind of a perfectionist and this is how my brain works.
Total servings: 4
Serving Size: 4oz
Calories: 130
Fat: 3g
Carb: 0g
Protein: 25g
So a 1lb pack of chicken has 100g of protein, 12g of fat, and 520 calories.
Should I conclude that regardless of what the cooked weight is that the protein numbers didn't change? I'm assuming calories may change along with fat after some weight loss during cooking.
What I did this first round was grill the chicken and then weigh it cooked and just used the measurements against the numbers on the pack. I'm thinking my measurements would be off to some degree because of lesser weight. The raw 100g of protein now becomes lets say 75g when cooked, or is it?
I'm sorry to overthink, i'm kind of a perfectionist and this is how my brain works.
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Posted on 5/9/18 at 8:33 am to pcolatiger28
idk just punch i 4oz of cooked chicken breast in MFP and boom, there is your answer
Posted on 5/9/18 at 9:04 am to pcolatiger28
The way I look at it: Did you eat it raw, or cooked?
Chicken breast is pumped full of water; the macros change pretty significantly when cooked. Macros change a lot when cooking fattier ground beef as well. That said, shrimp and fish don't change a lot so I don't usually worry about it much and just log raw weight.
Chicken breast is pumped full of water; the macros change pretty significantly when cooked. Macros change a lot when cooking fattier ground beef as well. That said, shrimp and fish don't change a lot so I don't usually worry about it much and just log raw weight.
Posted on 5/9/18 at 9:11 am to Hulkklogan
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The way I look at it: Did you eat it raw, or cooked?
It's chicken breast man
Posted on 5/9/18 at 9:24 am to Powerman
Of course. That's my point.
I'm talking about weighing meat in general, not just chicken breast.
I'm talking about weighing meat in general, not just chicken breast.
Posted on 5/9/18 at 10:16 am to oleyeller
you can't just punch in the numbers. you have to understand that cooked meat is about 2/3 the weight of raw. so 4 oz of cooked meat is about 6 oz of raw. exploiting that across a week it can run up to lot of calories. Makes a difference when trying to get down to a low bf%
OP best way I have found is to either split everything up and weigh raw and cook separate or you can just assume cooked is 2/3 the weight of raw. Use the usda raw value in myfitnesspal.
OP best way I have found is to either split everything up and weigh raw and cook separate or you can just assume cooked is 2/3 the weight of raw. Use the usda raw value in myfitnesspal.
Posted on 5/9/18 at 10:19 am to lsu777
quote:
you can't just punch in the numbers.
why cant you? mfp has macros for cooked, and for raw meat
Posted on 5/9/18 at 10:25 am to oleyeller
measure it raw and use those numbers, its the easiest way to do it....don't get lost in the weeds and try to over complicate things.
Posted on 5/9/18 at 11:02 am to lsu777
Question. Would the macros even change that much cooked or is it just the water that makes the weight go down? I'm sure some fat comes off.
Posted on 5/9/18 at 11:15 am to oleyeller
Yea if you do it that away it's fine, sorry misunderstood you.
Posted on 5/9/18 at 11:20 am to lsu777
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Yea if you do it that away it's fine, sorry misunderstood you.
oh no biggie.. thats what i have been doing personally. Was just making sure i wasnt missing something lol.
Posted on 5/9/18 at 11:22 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
The macros don't change per ounce but your weight is different. Pretty much all nutritional values are done using raw meat so it's most accurate. I mean honestly it doesn't matter as long as you are consistent.
Here is a good article on it LINK
raw to cooked meat yields
Here is a good article on it LINK
raw to cooked meat yields
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