Yeah I'm not arguing against that either, chances are if you're eating for less hours you're going to be eating less full stop, so eating less carbs (and fats etc), so will run out of that fuel, and then your body moves onto the fat etc.
I know what you mean, Christmas is the worst for me, too little time and too much temptation, also too much booze which wrecks the mental strength!
Cheers Jimmy
Personally I'd just go for the average. Myfitnesspal app you just lookup Ribeye and then put the weight in. You are never going to get everything correct to the calorie. Ballpark is good enough. It's better to be prudent in your counting and put the higher number than try to reduce it to adjust for trimming fat etc.
If you're calorie counting then it's unlikely you're gonna opt for ribeye above sirloin or fillet. It can be done but a proper faff on trimming the fat off a ribeye.
In my experience it's worth the money for constant tracking,weighing and logging everything. I'm onto my 2nd year of using it and it's of great use.
It wont, surely if not eating any breakfast you would be picking all day
Cut it off after cooking
Yeah, fair comment, £25 is nothing for what you get out of it and the use of it. I suppose I'm just so used to MFP being free, and been using that like 10 years now.
I think once you're used to repetitive entries/foods into the app you can discontinue using it and use memory/common sense to continue calorie counting. This is what I'll do after the 2nd year runs out.
Yeah, for steaks I just cook it with the fat on, including the slab on the ends, but cook it in one of those Tefal Opti Grill things, basically like a posh George Foreman. These cook the steak (and any other meat) pretty much bang on each time and doesn't cook it in excess fat, and I don't eat the slabs of fat at the end. It's never going to be as good as a restaurant, but you can get close with the right prep.
Which defeats the object really. Ribeye fat melts into the meat to give it its flavour so the damage is done. Much better/easier to go with a leaner cut.
I fall off the wagon doing this, as having the app is like a supervisor, it stops ludicrous weekend binges which can easily be 4000-6000 calories a day and I would be none the wiser which it was, and I consider myself a bit of a calorie nut
I know that mate, my point was not around which cut of meat is better or worse for you. It was around how the hell would you count the calories of such a thing and surely it depends on how you cook it and if you eat the fat.
It's a bit of both I think, that massive slab of fat on most steaks is extremely calorie dense, and simple to avoid. You're still going to get some fat absorbed from that, and any marbling etc, but you need some enjoyment. The method of cooking can drastically change this too, like using one of those opti grills or even a BBQ, both good at ensuring it's not cooked in excess fat.
