posted Thu, 05/07/2026 - 06:35
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Got a question, for the past couple months I’ve been dialing in my calorie intake, keeping up with macros religiously but have always weighed my positions after cooked, now I’m learning that it’s recommended to do this raw weight/portions . What’s your thought, opinions?
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Post weight for meat personally. Happy to get extra macros and nutrients from meat. Shouldn’t be a huge difference in calorie content.
Raw weight is technically what the nutrition label goes off of. But then how are you supposed to parse the amount of fat that drips off when cooking? What about the extra amount of calories burned from your body processing the food? There’s many variables. Don’t overthink it.
As mentioned below anything that absorbs water or any liquid to cook should be pre cooked weight.
We all know you LOVE getting those extra macros and nutrients from “meat”
I want it in and around my mouth.
Gainz411I think it’s easier to know the macros weighing it raw but you can still get a solid estimate even calculating it cooked. Chatgbt is helpful in that way.
I weigh many things raw. Like my fish and red meats. My chickens I weigh cooked. after working all day then hitting the gym after work I don’t have time to cook everyday. I cook big batches twice a week. Life has became so much easier doing that lol.
Hit up Amazon for some good quality food containers. The ones that can go in the freezer and microwave. Makes it so easy to know what macros are in each container and it’s just grab and go.
Strictly pre cooked to many variables weighing post cooked always been the best and easiest way for me. Also nearly all items with macro breakdowns on are pre cooked macros so easier for me to manage iv done this for the last 12 years and never done me wrong. When I want to grow I grow when I want to get shredded I get shredded
My 16 oz 96% ground beef turns into 13 oz after cooked. Scummers ripping me off
pre cooked because you may put more water in for example and that can affect cooked weight. or fry chicken a bit longer so it loses water thus loses weight.
Always weigh my food cooked just before consumption.
If it’s something with water weight you want to weigh precooked. Post-cooked rice and meat weights can vary drastically depending on how long you cooked it (for meat and water evaporating) or how much water you added for things like rice and pasta (that absorb water)
This can lead to inconsistent calorie density with your foods. 100g medium rare steak is less calories than 100g well done simply because there’s more actual meat in the over cooked one that’s had all the water evaporated out.
Should have specified more, I usually only measure meat, since I don’t eat carbs, starches etc. but I know say for chicken and beef, the weight drastically changes from raw to cooked. Been carnivore for almost a year, so I only eat meat and eggs, on an occasion maybe 1 -2 a month some cheese
Why the carnivore diet brother? Carbs are an amazing source of energy as well as gaining muscle mass when timed properly.
I use to be a carb freak, but honestly, now I’ve never felt better. Took a minute for me to get fat adjusted, my energy from fat instead of carbs. But I have great energy, no bloating or spikes in blood sugar, for me, it’s just an easier, healthier way of eating. Some would argue and that’s all good, I have a shit ton of energy, blood pressure and all that shit is spot on
Well, if it's working for you and you feel great that's honestly what matters most. Keep killin it then bro!
Jrihard89I agree but I think it’s just about consistency. Pick a way and follow it. Use the same rice cooker and same amount of water every time relative to rice amount.
I set a timer when cooking chicken. Found exactly the time I need to cook it to 165 and take it off. Helps get it close as possible
unseen423Nailed it-doesnt matter which way as long as you are consistent with it.
That being said, I use Cronometer and select "cooked chicken breast" because you can also select something like "Just Bare, Chicken Breast" which is raw. That would work, but you just have to make sure you are weighing it to match up with the entry. Rice is always measured cooked for me.
There are other apps like the one RP pushes that has a toggle for cooked or uncooked.
I have ocd. I even take out the scale to weigh out a glass of milk to drink. When I make rice I weigh out the water and rice lol. It’s not fun being me sometimes
Lmao I'm ocd as well, but you've got me beat there bro!
Jrihard89Crazy man lol. I’ll weigh out even the oatmilk in my coffee if I add any.
But the rice I just cook the same amount with the same rice cooker and water. Then weigh!
Potatoes are the only thing I do pre cooked!
Gotcha. I will say it gets to the point of doing it so long that I’ll eyeball things then weigh it and I’m always within +/- 5g. So in theory I could do your method. But I love repeatability, so all my recipes are weight based. And damn sure when I bake I always weigh every ingredient vs using cups/tbsp/tsp
Always pre. Nutrition values for any food is as packaged. So unless you’re buying something pre cooked with a label. Then it’s always raw. Assuming you’re following the package label and not logging a cooked food value from a tracking app. Try the difference yourself. Weigh out 100g cooked rice and 100g dry.
Do you eat raw uncooked rice? Do you eat raw chicken?
Would it not make more sense to weigh the food you are going to eat once it is prepared?
Just something to think about.
Jrihard89100g pre cooked rice is dumb because now I have to make rice every time in my rice cooker to make sure I get 100g pre cooked rice.
If that was the way to do it then I guess Jay cutler and many others are wrong.
The package label is listed as dry. 100g cooked is far less than 100g dry. Thus less calories than you think you’re eating.
Jrihard89Why would that matter though? If I want 70g carbs that meal I’ll use the USDA guide and eat as much rice cooked as it takes to get to 70g
I would say it’s neither right or wrong. It’s how accurate someone wants to be. You have no way of knowing how much water is in the rice or how much evaporated out of it. In turn you now have an inaccurate measurement of actual calorie value of the set amount of rice because you don’t know what’s rice weight and what’s water weight.
Hell no skip all of that all you need to do is pull up to McDonalds and they have food ready to go.
I do cooked weight for white rice and dry precooked weight for almost everything else.
I’ve always done cooked weight, hell, maybe I have been doing something right after all--
I do weight everything pre cook, so if I'm making food for someone else I can separate it
Jrihard89Meat - post cooked
Rice - post cooked
Only thing I can think of off the top of my head I weigh pre cooked is potatoes
This is the only way, idk what these other guys are on lol
True statement lol
Same, this is the way.