Weight-Loss Weighing meats

[Army]

I have a food scale i always use to weigh food before I eat it so i get a more accurate reading on my calorie intake but I just realized im probably doing it wrong. I always weight chicken after I cook it. The package says 100 calories per 4 oz of chicken but doesn't say if that's cooked or uncooked because after its cooked it weighs less. So am i supposed to be weighing this before or after its cooked?

 

[KaraCooks]

I weigh mine after it's cooked and then use the calories for the cooked meat ... it just depends on what makes you more comfortable.

 

[summer123]

100 kcals for 100g of raw chicken, not cooked stuff. Cooked chicken is around 150kcals per 100grams of chicken breast, but will depend on how well cooked it is and which part of the chicken.

 

[Jeanette401]

The package should say if it's cooked or uncooked. I always try to weigh uncooked just because of the variances in cooking - sometimes I brine it, and that changes how much moisture it maintains when cooked and... it'd probably be just as easy to ball park it, but I'm trying to be precise Or something!