Fitday Question

[Kabeetz]

Fitday experts,

This is a kind of anal question...

I just cooked some extra lean ground beef.

Before cooking, minus the weight of the styrofoam, it was 26.6 ounces.
After cooking, minus the weight of the tupperware, it was 19.4 ounces.

Should I select 26.6 ounces raw, yield after cooking
or 19.4 ounces, cooked

There is a 350 calorie difference between the two... I know method of cooking, temperature, etc. are major variables and its impossible to get spot on, but I'm just wondering if pre or post cooking measurement is more accurate?

 

[Extra_Strong]

I believe most of the calorie info is based of the raw food. what it weighed before it was frozen. same as the nutrients..

 

[Kabeetz]

I believe most of the calorie info is based of the raw food. what it weighed before it was frozen. same as the nutrients..

Apologies if I'm misunderstanding, but after you select the food, u can select cups, ounces, ounces raw (yield after cooking) or ounces cooked, and a few others for extra lean ground beef. So I can't figure out if the raw measurement, yield after cooking would be more accurate or the ounces cooked measurement..

Since both are in actuality after cooking and yet 300 calories different.

 

[Kabeetz]

anybody?

 

[Omegasox]

I'm assuming the raw weight was taken when the beef was thawed? Either way, personally I use the raw measurement because variables in cooking methods are too much to implement in a computer program such as fitday, even as accurate as it is.

 

[Kabeetz]

Sounds good, I was leaning that way, seems like a concensus. Thanks guys.

 

[DJLegacy2k1]

I concur

-Legacy

 

[thedreamthief]

IMO, i would use the cooked value. As a general rule of thumb for me, whatever form I eat it in, is what it goes into to Fitday (minus a few exceptions). Just as a quick example, if I eat carrots raw, they go in there as raw, and cooked, then they are in there as cooked.

I also like to use weight over volume whenever possible, since it is a more accurate measurement when it comes to food and cooking.

 

[Kabeetz]

I definitely do ounces and grams, not volume. Digital scales rock.