Question about tracking/weighing food

MellaBella · 01-23-2013, 04:39 PM

Hi Everyone - I'm going to give this another (serious) go, and will be tracking my calories with an on-line tracker.

Today is an UD for me and I just ate some chicken wings that I broiled. The package says 4 oz. = 220 calories. How would you count this?

4 oz raw = 220 calories

4 oz cooked = 220 calories

cook the wings, weigh them, eat the meat, weigh the bones and count the difference?

Same with potatoes (I've been reading the hack thread). Do you weigh the potato raw or cooked, since a 5oz. potato will weigh less after it is cooked.

Thanks everyone!

KeirasMom · 01-23-2013, 04:44 PM

I weigh everything raw unless you have calories for it cooked.

Dottie · 01-24-2013, 05:32 AM

On the chicken wings, most trackers count 1 section (a whole wing being 2 sections) at approx 50 calories per section.
I weigh foods raw.

adillenal · 01-24-2013, 06:51 AM

My online calculator gives options for raw or cooked and I usually weigh raw. Easier that way for me.

MellaBella · 01-24-2013, 11:36 AM

Thanks everyone.

The tracker I use lets me put in custom foods so I'm taking nutrional info right off of the package. The package says 4 oz = 220 calories, still not sure that means raw weight, cooked weight or just the edible portion without the bones.

Maybe I'll have to contact Perdue....

Dottie · 01-24-2013, 12:26 PM

If that's on the package, then it's usually "as packaged". So if it's raw, then the info is for raw (if that makes sense).

01-23-2013, 04:39 PM	#1
MellaBella Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NJ- where it looks like the Garden State! Posts: 3,620 Gallery: MellaBella Stats: WHAT!??/That's better/Now you're talkin'!	Question about tracking/weighing food Hi Everyone - I'm going to give this another (serious) go, and will be tracking my calories with an on-line tracker. Today is an UD for me and I just ate some chicken wings that I broiled. The package says 4 oz. = 220 calories. How would you count this? 4 oz raw = 220 calories 4 oz cooked = 220 calories cook the wings, weigh them, eat the meat, weigh the bones and count the difference? Same with potatoes (I've been reading the hack thread). Do you weigh the potato raw or cooked, since a 5oz. potato will weigh less after it is cooked. Thanks everyone!

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01-23-2013, 04:44 PM	#2
KeirasMom Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 7,310 Gallery: KeirasMom Stats: 277.6/155-159/165, 5'9", 40 y.o., Hypothyroid WOE: In Place of a Roadmap Start Date: Maintenance 1/23/13	I weigh everything raw unless you have calories for it cooked.

01-24-2013, 05:32 AM	#3
Dottie Administrator Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: S.E. Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 68,525 Gallery: Dottie WOE: JUDDD calorie cycling plan	On the chicken wings, most trackers count 1 section (a whole wing being 2 sections) at approx 50 calories per section. I weigh foods raw.

01-24-2013, 06:51 AM	#4
adillenal Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 7,084 Gallery: adillenal	My online calculator gives options for raw or cooked and I usually weigh raw. Easier that way for me.

01-24-2013, 11:36 AM	#5
MellaBella Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NJ- where it looks like the Garden State! Posts: 3,620 Gallery: MellaBella Stats: WHAT!??/That's better/Now you're talkin'!	Thanks everyone. The tracker I use lets me put in custom foods so I'm taking nutrional info right off of the package. The package says 4 oz = 220 calories, still not sure that means raw weight, cooked weight or just the edible portion without the bones. Maybe I'll have to contact Perdue....

01-24-2013, 12:26 PM	#6
Dottie Administrator Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: S.E. Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 68,525 Gallery: Dottie WOE: JUDDD calorie cycling plan	If that's on the package, then it's usually "as packaged". So if it's raw, then the info is for raw (if that makes sense).