Weighing meat: before or after cooking?

[Stacy160 201]

I just got to thinking the other day... most of the meat I've had has either been pre-measured and cooked (lunchmeat, chicken sausage, turkey burgers, etc.) ... but what about home-cooked stuff? Are you counting the weight raw or cooked? Just curious... probably doesn't make a huge difference with the amount we're eating anyway, but just kinda wondered.

[Tiffykins 673]

I never weighed my food with a scale. I measured by volume using a children's medication measuring cup that is 1 ounce.

**Warning the next paragraph is gross**

This is so gross, but one day I was curious, and feeling geeky so I measured out my meal, chewed it up then spit it out and measured it to see how much I was actually swallowing.

[avilda 2]

In my seminar they told us to measure our food by volume not by weight. I don't know about the before or after weighing.. but I think it would be after.:confused1:

[Lee 19]

Measuring here as well, but I like to throw it on the scale for an idea of the weight as well. My plan at 1 month out is 1/4 to 1/3 of dense Protein then 1 T of fruit or veggies and 1 serving of carbs (2 WW crackers, 1/4 slice well toasted bread, 1/8 small baked potato). I skip the carb and most always eat just Protein.< /strong>

2 oz of meatloaf completely fills me up. I can eat 3 oz of soft fish. 2 oz of chicken etc.