Hello everyone, this is my first post, but I have been a lurker since I started losing weight and exercising. A little about myself, I am 24, going to be 25 on July 15th, and when I started (almost 6 weeks ago) I weighed 266 starting out. Today I weigh 238.4, and need to weight in Monday!
Well, its my birthday coming up, and my girlfriend wants to cook me dinner. We decided on Steak, but I would like to know which type of steak have the lowest calories and fat. I am going to cook it on a George Forman grill, so it should reduce some of the fat. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Congrats and happy birthday!
In my opinion, since its your birthday give yourself a break and go ahead and have your favorite steak - trim the excess fat and have a smaller portion. Google or use the tools here to look up the calories for your favorite cut. My favorite is filet mignon - a 4 oz cut is roughly 360 calories. Then I'd just make sure that I fill up my plate with lots of veggies or salad. I'd even splurge and have a baked potato - maybe topped with some salsa (rather than butter and/or sour cream). You can still do it within your daily limit - I go up to my maintenance calories for that day.
Have fun on your birthday!
Thank you so much for your reply.
I know, many people have told me to splurge, but I can not do it, I need to stick to this, and there is too much weight to lose. Also, I know if I splurge a little for my B-Day, I could have a "junk food relapse". So I rather keep it safe. Thanks again for your response, and if anyone else has any suggestions, that would be great. Also, I am still learning how to use this site, and I can't seem to figure out what you said.
Good luck! To find out how many calories are in your favorite cut of steak go to My Account - My Food Log. Enter in the name of your steak and it will show you the nutritional value. You can also use google. Just type in the name and then add calories after it. Don't think of having something healthy like a lean cut of steak as a splurge. Its something that you can have as part of a balanced nutritional diet. A dinner of steak, baked potato and veggies is quite healthy and very do-able still remaining within your daily limit of calories.
Here's an article about how to choose a cut of steak, debating the merits of each kind:
And here's a recipe for a 163 calorie flank steak:
Here's a site that lists the calorie and fat content of various cuts, though honestly I don't know where they got their info:
http://recipes.albertarose.org/calorie_charts /beef_chart.htm
And here's info from the Beef Council: http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/leanbeef .aspx
The key here is portion control. A 3 ounce portion is plenty. That's about the size of a deck of cards. Hope you find the lean cut you're looking for in all those links.
Thanks, I am trying lol.
I think I might go with the Tenderloin aka Filet Mingon. Had it before on my diet, and that week was a great one, low good weight. So I think I will do it again.
Now, my next post, the sauce!
Heres a great recipe I LOVE and would highly recomend: http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/cook-yo urself-thin/recipes/steak-with-cauliflower-ma shed-potatoes
If you are interested you can also watch it made in the show the recipe is from.
london broil is lean it only had fat on one side and you can cut it off after cooking first make a rub Garlic powder, 1 clove crushed garlic, peprica, salt,pepper ad alittle water just till it is a crumbly mix then add oil to thin it out a little wash the meat and dry it rub it down well a few hours before you plan on cooking it. Reserve some rub for later so make plenty of it. Set your oven to broil and let it heat up fully. If you have a broiler pan use it if not just use a bakining pan. I like broiler pans because they provide a place for the drippings to go down(fat). place in the oven 7 minutes a side for medium medium rare. after you flip it put more rub on the top you might want to give it 10 minutes not 7 after you flip it. After cooking remove and allow 15 minutes before cutting this allows it to finish cooking. Meat cooks for 15 minutes after you remove it from the oven so do not over cook it or it will become tough. Now for the sauce I like a horserddish sauce. Take prepared (in a jar) white horse rdish and mix in equil parts with sour cream or mayonaise either or then add a pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar HAPPY B DAY and best of luck any further questions send me an email on here ok
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