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[krissss]

I was wondering if anyone can answer this question.I have been enjoying the Jennie -O turkey burgers.

Well the box says for 1 burger (4 OZ. ) its 160 calories . So I was making 2 of them and feeding about 1/3 of one to my doggie and I was having 1 and 2/3 lettuce and mustard burgers..Yummy

So today I bought a little kitchen scale.After I cooked them I weighed them and they were only 4 oz for 2 whole burgers.

I weighed 2 frozen and they were 8 oz .So I guess they shrink up and lose half there weight????????/

So what do I go by.??? Frozen or cooked? Because if I go by cooked I can have gezzzzzzz over 3 of them .That sounds like alike. And the box say 160 calories for 1 .Do the calories change to after cooking them ?

what sould I do ???????????????

Kriss

[Serendipity]

Krissss, I'm not familiar with Jennie-O Turkey burgers, but in general, we are supposed to weigh our meat after cooking. If your burgers are just turkey and not other additives, then you would be able to have 7 oz. weighed after cooking.

[krissss]

hmmmmmm...the box reads
1 burger (112g/4oz)

160 cal. 80 cal from fat
total fat 9 g

total carbs 0 g

protein 20 g


ingred:
Turkey,seasonings,spices,sugar,hehydrated garlic,tomato,parsley

Hmmmmmmmm..

[DogMa]

I'm afraid those don't sound like a good choice at all. They're half fat, which doesn't qualify them as a lean protein choice. And they have added sugar (not much, since it's 0 grams per burger, but legally that could mean they contain 0.9 grams each).

Turkey BREAST is a lean choice. Other parts of the turkey, which is what these seem to be made of, are not.

Sorry.

[FluffyNoMore]

I just looked them up online and the fat count is really high...especially if you triple it....27 grams of fat is quite a bit for one meal. Since we're supposed to get 25-30 grams of fat or less a day on the 5 and 1 plan. Here's a post about it... Nancy has a lot of helpful information in her post.

http://www.makemethinner.com/forum/diet-6465.html

[krissss]

Holy Crapppppppppppppppppppooooooolllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you serious .I must have had this for my l/g probably 7 times in my 18 days on medifast.Okay now ..I 'm going to cry.

I have not cheated one time..Now I find out ...I have been blowing my lean and green .

Wow....no wonder i hit a huge plateau so early.

I am throwing them out right now.

Back to my chicken breasts.

I knew they tasted to darn good to be true.

SO so sad now..
Kriss
One good thing ..I have only been eating 1 and 2/3 burgers ....which is ony probably 16 grams of fat.

WOOWZERrrrrrrr.

[Taszi17]

Don't even fret it because now that you are going to have your chicken breast you will be out of that plateau and loving life and your fickle scale hon

[Pashta]

I buy these turkey steaks from Market Day and I just can't stop raving about them. They are 4 oz.. now I am pretty sure that is frozen weight, I have been screwing up my portions as well apparently and are 100 cal 1 gram fat 0 carb and 25g protein each. I LOVE LOVE LOVE these, obviously all breast meat and they are so awesome.

Market Day is a fundraising thing for private/catholic schools, but they have a website where you can find a school near you that does it and order through too if anyone is interested. I am buying a TON of these next market day!!

[electra000]

Pashta, thanks for the info. I will try and find the website !

[DogMa]

Kris, don't beat yourself up. We all make mistakes and are still learning. And everyone's right; just think how much you'll probably lose now that you know!

[Tiolazz]

Kris,

I just buy the 3% fat lean ground turkey meat and make my own turkey burgers.

they are great... add your own spices, I add a little bit of chopped up green chilis, Probably not suppose to , but since I only add less than 1oz for 4 burgers, I eat one, my husband eats one, and I cook the other two another time, don't think it is enough to hurt anyone...

You should try it, I now prefer the ground turkey to ground beef.... and it is much better for you.

Terri

[krissss]

Thanks so much everyone...I just love having friends like you all.

Terri....sounds yummy ..I will definatly try that.
My kids do the market day thing as well in the public school they are in .I never even really looked at the things offered.I will for sure now.Sounds great.

I actually saw something amazing today everyone....198.5

I am not going to scream just yet..because my official weigh in isn't until Monday morning and well.... roll call of course on Sunday.

But ....I am finally out of the 200's....OH MERCY !!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU MEDIFAST

Kriss

[DogMa]

Kriss, that's awesome!!! Congratulations!!

[Mike]

Kris,
I know Jennie-O has ground turkey in my supermarket. As previously said, just get some of that (lean stuff), and add your own spices. Makes great burgers. Good luck.

[Arklahoma]

Weigh to go, Kriss!