Chicken Breast - Raw vs Cooked.........

[Slow n Steady]

Hi everyone,

I'd be surprised if this hasn't been posted before; but I've just made a startling discovery. After buying my chicken breast for the week based on my calculations, I ran out !!!. WTF ????, I consume 300 grams per day multiplied by 7 days = 2.1 kg.

So I checked the packaging of my last cook; 621 g ( RAW ).

Now, weigh my cooked chicken breast; 400 g. ARGGHHHHH.

So, when you weigh your chicken breast out ( COOKED ) multiply by 1.5 to get your true values. i.e. : 200 g of cooked breast x 1.5 = 300 g.

Am I correct in calculating my macros from chicken breast this way or am I way off track with this ?.

Thank you.

[maccaz]

iv always weighed it raw, the people that write the macros on the packets got no idea how you're cooking it, the macros per 100gm is per 100gm raw

[Loochi]

What..?

So pre cooked it weighs more and when you cook it, it weighs less.. This what you're saying? :-s

EDIT: Thing is, everyone has different macro values... Stick to the same ones and adjust it accordingly.. If you measure it raw, leave it like that. If you measure cooked, leave it like that. Simple.

[FellowshipOfTheRon]

What..?

So pre cooked it weighs more and when you cook it, it weighs less.. This what you're saying? :-s

yeah water weight.

long as you follow the macros as per the label it should be ok anyway as that lists the raw macros. pretty sure we had this same topic like a week ago

[Loochi]

What..?

So pre cooked it weighs more and when you cook it, it weighs less.. This what you're saying? :-s

yeah water weight.

long as you follow the macros as per the label it should be ok anyway as that lists the raw macros. pretty sure we had this same topic like a week ago

:nod:

[sheldoncooper84]

Try to cook it with steam. You won't loose any nutrients and it tastes really good!

[FellowshipOfTheRon]

Try to cook it with steam. You won't loose any nutrients and it tastes really good!

that's new to me (well what isn't :pfft: ). what nutrients do you lose from chicken by frying/baking/whatever other methods?

[milkisforbabies]

Same goes for brown rice, I was adding macros at a half a cup cooked...definitly a few less calories than half a cup raw...whoops.

[BeastBuilder]

Same goes for brown rice, I was adding macros at a half a cup cooked...definitly a few less calories than half a cup raw...whoops.

Lol, about a third of the calories.

Rice triples in size when it's cooked, so half a cup raw goes to a cup and a half when cooked.

Sorry know this thread is about chicken but yea this got me when I first started too.

On the chicken front, will just agree with what others have said. The macros that are on the label or that most people know are for raw weight. But just be careful because it's not hard for supermarkets etc to pump 500g of chicken up to say 650g+ with a little bit of water...

[Cam0505]

Most calorie calculators like "my fitness pal" have both raw and cooked options for macronutrients. That being said it is more accurate to get from raw, as someone pointed out. Oil is another common error you mite be over looking, exactly how much added oil you consume can vary depending on how it was cooked and eaten (oil remaining on pan, oil on plate).