Food weighing and tracking

docbad32
on 11/25/15 7:14 am

Internet searches have not led to much useful info so I thought I would ask here. When you guys track food by weight, especially meat, how do you weight it? I've started to add some meats to my diet that contain bones and I'm just wondering if you guys include these weights or just the weight of the food eaten. I haven't found a good source to give me the info one way or another. Before it wasn't that big of a deal, but as I get closer to goal and weight loss starts to slow, I need to be a lot more precise in my measurements. Thanks for the help!

VSG:  3/12/15

ipray
on 11/25/15 7:25 am
VSG on 11/06/14

I use a small countertop scale that I found at amazon.  I use the weight of the cooked meat, without the bone.  (Remove cooked meat from the bone so that your total protein weight is accurate). I record everything I eat/drink using myfitnesspal.  (Very easy, and I am computer challenged!) Congratulations on being close to goal!!!

    

ocean4dlm
on 11/25/15 12:14 pm - Liverpool, NY
VSG on 05/27/15

This is the method I use because I want to weigh a d log food before I eat it. If I don't eat as much as I logged, I'll revise it.

Age: 64; 5' 5"; High weight: 345; Start weight: 271 (01/05/15); Surgery weight: 218 (05/27/15); Pre-Op (-53); M 1 (-18); M 2 (-1.5); M 3 (-13.5 ); M 4 (-13); M 5 (- 8); M 6 (-12) M 7 (-5, Xmas); M 8 (- 9) Under surgeon's goal and REACHED HEALTHY BMI 12/07/15!! (Six months and one week.) AT GOAL month 8. Maintaining at goal range (139- 144) ~ four (4) years !!

hollykim
on 11/25/15 7:39 am - Nashville, TN
Revision on 03/18/15
On November 25, 2015 at 3:14 PM Pacific Time, docbad32 wrote:

Internet searches have not led to much useful info so I thought I would ask here. When you guys track food by weight, especially meat, how do you weight it? I've started to add some meats to my diet that contain bones and I'm just wondering if you guys include these weights or just the weight of the food eaten. I haven't found a good source to give me the info one way or another. Before it wasn't that big of a deal, but as I get closer to goal and weight loss starts to slow, I need to be a lot more precise in my measurements. Thanks for the help!

weigh the cooked meat on the bone then weigh the leftover bones after eating the meat and subtract the bones weight from the weight of the bones and the meat. That is the weight of your meal

 


          

 

tdelson
on 11/25/15 1:41 pm
VSG on 10/12/15 with

So we should weigh the cooked meat, NOT the raw meat?

 

(deactivated member)
on 11/25/15 2:42 pm

Yup!

 

Neesie57
on 11/25/15 5:56 pm
VSG on 08/04/15

Yes, weigh the cooked meat, not the raw.  You'll be cheating yourself if you weigh the raw meat.

5' 5" tall. VSG on August 4, 2015/ Starting weight 239.9/ Surgery weight 210.9/ Current weight 137.4/ Goal weight 140/ No longer overweight, now a NORMAL weight. Now that I'm at goal, it's time to move on to maintenance!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

Grim_Traveller
on 11/25/15 6:43 pm
RNY on 08/21/12

I asked a lot of nutritionists when I started, and the answers were about 50-50 for weighing raw vs cooked meat. It turns out that, at the time, there was no definitive answer. I have always weighed mine cooked, then subtracted the weight of the bones and anything I didn't finish afterward.

But, now, there actually is a correct answer. I got it just recently by calling the USDA Meat Hotline. 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854). I kid you not. It's real. And the calorie and nutrition figures on the label are for raw meat, not cooked.

I didn't realize, nutrition labels have only been required on raw meat and poultry products since 2012. If they are prepared or have a small amount of meat in them (think pork and beans, pasta sauce with meat, etc) the regulations are different, as well as their history. My eyes glazed over when they were talking about that, since I am uninterested in products that are only 5% meat.

I'm not going to change the way I log. I don't plan to, anyway. I have 3-1/2 years of food logs, and I would rather maintain consistency. It's the relation between number day-to-day and month-to-month that is important to me, not the actual calorie number. But if I were to start logging today, I would begin by using the right numbers.

I think the confusion in the past, and especially when I first started logging, there was NO requirement to provide nutrient labels on raw meat. The calorie numbers out there were from various sources, and some used raw, and some cooked. That's why, when I asked various nutritionists, I received conflicting answers. It must have been just before the nutrition labels began to be required in 2012. I wish the labels actually said raw or cooked though. It would have cleared up some confusion.

 

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

docbad32
on 11/25/15 6:51 pm

Thanks for the info. Weighing out raw food is not real useful sometimes, as I cook for the whole family (think rack of ribs). Would be hard to weight out my portion then cook it with the rest of the meat and it turn out good. With your success, I believe I will just follow your example. 

VSG:  3/12/15

Grim_Traveller
on 11/25/15 6:59 pm
RNY on 08/21/12

In the end, what we count as calories may be way off. It's helpful to think of them as a more accurate version of points, the way Weigh****chers does. 

If you eat primarily the same things, and meat is the same percentage of your diet over time, weighing cooked or raw won't matter much. As long as your overall calorie 'points" stays consistent, you'll be fine.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

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