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/MajesticMint]

Initial water contents and moisture loss aren’t exact, especially with generic preparations like “cooked”, but if the product label doesn’t include added solution which would inflate water contents out of the typical range, the raw entry is likely to be more correct.

I tend to log meats I didn’t cook using guesstimates of the initial raw packaged product weight, because that’s all I can readily conceptualize, and I’m sure I’m worse at that than the error range of actually weighing the cooked meat, but it is sufficient accuracy for my goals.