Hey guys, I've lurked here for quite a while as I'm planning on shedding off a bit of weight, and right now I'm hoping ya'll can settle something for me so I can adjust accordingly (haven't actually eaten them yet, sad if I can't enjoy the whole thing but oh well):
As my two chicken thighs are roasting in the air fryer right now, I'm wondering if the way I've been tracking my calories from both breasts and thighs has been accurate so far. The way I went about it last time was:
- Weighing the amount I'm planning on eating by their raw weight. This includes skin-on and bone-in with all fat intact (since it sheds a lot of fat while roasting)
- Logged in the weight and used the NCCDB entry for it (on Cronometer: Chicken Thigh, Skin Eaten, Food #462801, Data Source: NCCDB)
- After cooking and eating, I weighed the leftover bones and subtracted the grams from the previous measurement.
I also did measure the cooked weight, and predictably it was less than raw as it shed its fat and water, but I'm not really sure how to go about that.
Prior to this I've always logged my skinless breasts raw — about and average of 400 grams for ~450 calories, like damn that's a good deal, but this?? I might have to at least give up the skins entirely and / or stick with breasts in the long run, but again I'd like to make doubly sure my logs/measuring process checks out if you guys can offer some cents.
(lowkey makes me sad because thighs are affordable, and I used to chuck three of them with a large bowl of rice)
by CoolestMagicalCat