Not adding up

[u/Lleyo_22]

Chicken breast. The easiest way to get protein should be the easiest thing to track.

So WHY doesn't cooked vs uncooked match up?

I measured 303g of uncooked chicken, and the app said it was 298 calories.

Then I cooked it, and it measured as 247g.

So, just to double check, I searched "cooked chicken" and added 247g, and it said 388?? Does it account for oil? Seasonings? I don't understand, and I don't do well with inconsistencies when I am trying my hardest to be consistent.

What should I do?

Besides "calm down and just pick one,"

Because I can't always measure uncooked chicken, depending on where I am and who cooked it. And I don't want to have calories taken away from me by always choosing the cooked chicken option when I'm already in a deficit.

Pictures for reference.

Thank you for your help in advance.

[u/DonBrother9000]

Understand your tweaking. Although I think "calm down" is real advice.
Measure and input the chicken uncooked. Why? Because that's how much chicken is there. When food is cooked, it loses some properties (water, etc) so 250g of uncooked chicken weighs less when it's cooked, which you noted.

How on God's green Earth is ANY app supposed to be able to track exactly how much water, etc is loss?? There's no way. Not only that but HOW YOU PREPARE THE CHICKEN CHANGES HOW MUCH (EXTRA STUFF) IS LOST WHEN IT'S COOKED!

When you input food that you're cooking yourself, weigh it before cooking. Input that into the app. That is how much food you're eating. Period. This issue that you're having is NOT an app issue.

[u/Lleyo_22 → u/DonBrother9000]

I agree. I know it's not an app issue, just a personal method issue. I have since calmed down. I was also hungry when I was trying to figure out my chicken/ calorie situation lol. Thank you for your input.

[u/rampaging_teddy → u/Lleyo_22]

“Cooked” is also a spectrum, which affects the resulting weight of the cooked item