That was the one I'd looked at but haven't tried yet. May give it a go.
Diets - Macros and Calories, what do you really need?
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That was the one I'd looked at but haven't tried yet. May give it a go.
Caporegime
I dice the chicken and fry it.
Where sells packs of chicken breasts that all weigh the same?
Where sells packs of chicken breasts that all weigh the same?
Soldato
I don't know if anywhere does. But i'm of the opinion that 10 calories either way isn't going to matter on a day to day basis.
Plus, don't you vary your (unmeasured) dinners anyway?
Plus, don't you vary your (unmeasured) dinners anyway?
Just ordered 20 chicken breasts (5kg total) from Westin Gourmet. Now need a way of making eating chicken interesting.
buy 10 bags of frozen chicken breast and you can pretty much mix and match daily portions and seperate them out in to individual bags, also nothing stopping you cutting up chicken breast to weigh the correct amount.
I opened 3 packs and split them out all in 140g packs for the other half and only had to cut 2 of 3 of the breast to make sure that every pack was pretty much bag on +/- 5g
also depending on your cooking method you can end up with more or less water in the final meal. I can variabley have 100g of chicken (pre-cooked) weighing 60-90g cooked, but the macros for the cooked chicken are the same?!?! no because the 90g clearly has more water in still. So using pre-cooked macros as a guide is surely going to be more accurate?
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Man of Honour
I got 20kg the last time I ordered from them, splitting that up to freeze and then finding space for it was fun
Soldato
Are you saying the macros can't be the same because the 90g clearly has more water in it?
Nevermind, Chris has just explained what you meant, I get'cha now!
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Are you saying the macros can't be the same because the 90g clearly has more water in it?
Nevermind, Chris has just explained what you meant, I get'cha now!
something along those lines.
Basically the cooked macros has the variable of being cooked in the equation. How can you be sure that your cooking your chicken in the same way as the testers did originally etc. How can you guarantee that your cooked chicken isnt retaining a lot of water? etc etc
If you use precooked macros then you remove one possible variable from the base contents of the food and are more likely to get a better view of how much your eating.
Caporegime
Assuming all pre-cooked chicken contains the same amount of water.
The 1g of missing protein will be your undoing!
The 1g of missing protein will be your undoing!
Man of Honour
I never thought I'd see such a detailed discussion about cooked and uncooked chicken! If you're getting the results you want then waste the time masturbating or something equally as enjoyable
I think if you're worrying about a few grams of protein either side of your desired intake, you're probably over thinking things a tad
Man of Honour
One time there was a pocket of air in one of my scoops of whey, it threw of my gains for a week
You shouldn't be so lazy then, all it would have taken was a little tap on the side and your gains would have been safe!
Serves you right.
Soldato
icecold, whenever you use your whey you should always shake the bag. Basically whey oxidizes at room temperature, so the whey at the top of the bag will lose some of it's potency. If you shake it vigorously, it should get mixed up with the good protein towards the bottom of the bag and give you a better supply of protein to your muscle's blood receptors.
Man of Honour
Just give them a call and explain, they'll be sure to send some guys in white coats to pick you, I mean the whey up.
i would suggest the difference can be a lot bigger then 1g of protien
doing some calculations if you assume that your cooked chicken macros apply to all cooking methods yet your 100g chicken can come out weighing 90g or 60g the disparity between the cook macro levels compared to the pre cooked macro levels is quite significant.
for a 100g pre cooked to cooked comparisons you can have a difference of over 10g protien per portein and 50+cals as well. multiply this by 3-4 portions of chicken per day/7 days a week tots up to betwen 1000 and 1350 cals different over a week and 210g-240g of protein difference a week.
But yeah using pre-cooked to cooked macros has no impact
doing some calculations if you assume that your cooked chicken macros apply to all cooking methods yet your 100g chicken can come out weighing 90g or 60g the disparity between the cook macro levels compared to the pre cooked macro levels is quite significant.
for a 100g pre cooked to cooked comparisons you can have a difference of over 10g protien per portein and 50+cals as well. multiply this by 3-4 portions of chicken per day/7 days a week tots up to betwen 1000 and 1350 cals different over a week and 210g-240g of protein difference a week.
But yeah using pre-cooked to cooked macros has no impact
Soldato
