30 Days of Only Ground Beef
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FIT_Goat
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In case you missed it the original discussion: What-happens-when-you-eat-nothing-but-bacon-for-30-days-straight
So, starting tomorrow, I am going to be eating nothing but ground beef. I am including coffee, but no eggs or dairy. And, my diet will be all ground beef. Let's hope nothing comes up, like being at a place that doesn't serve burgers, but this should be easily doable. I will be blogging the experience. I do expect to be provided a free meal from Chik-fil-a at a volunteer event, this month, but I wouldn't be eating that anyway.
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I just sat down and cooked up 1.5 pounds for tomorrow. That should be breakfast and lunch, for sure. It might be dinner as well. I am hoping to get in about 2 pounds a day, on average. I have one more pound of thawed ground beef. And, I took 5 pounds out of the fridge. I might have to buy more before Saturday/Sunday, when I am going to buy a lot of it in bulk.
We are going to be doing an "All-Meat April," with many people starting early on March 21st. I am just getting on board earlier, because I am always all-meat.
This should run from March 9th through April 7th, and possibly longer. I'll be tracking my change in weight and body fat, along with calories.
I will be eating mostly 75/25% ground beef (or around there). I also eat all the fat. I don't drain my meat. So, the reported calories and macros should be pretty accurate.
So, starting tomorrow, I am going to be eating nothing but ground beef. I am including coffee, but no eggs or dairy. And, my diet will be all ground beef. Let's hope nothing comes up, like being at a place that doesn't serve burgers, but this should be easily doable. I will be blogging the experience. I do expect to be provided a free meal from Chik-fil-a at a volunteer event, this month, but I wouldn't be eating that anyway.
FIT_Goat Blog
I just sat down and cooked up 1.5 pounds for tomorrow. That should be breakfast and lunch, for sure. It might be dinner as well. I am hoping to get in about 2 pounds a day, on average. I have one more pound of thawed ground beef. And, I took 5 pounds out of the fridge. I might have to buy more before Saturday/Sunday, when I am going to buy a lot of it in bulk.
We are going to be doing an "All-Meat April," with many people starting early on March 21st. I am just getting on board earlier, because I am always all-meat.
This should run from March 9th through April 7th, and possibly longer. I'll be tracking my change in weight and body fat, along with calories.
I will be eating mostly 75/25% ground beef (or around there). I also eat all the fat. I don't drain my meat. So, the reported calories and macros should be pretty accurate.
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You are my hero.
Intrigued to hear how things go for you!
I've toyed with the idea myself but not sure about a full month. I might try a week.0 -
This sounds right up my alley. I will definitely be following along to see how it goes 0
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Good luck!0
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I am trying to add more foods to my way of eating not fewer. 0
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I think variety is "nice" and I can understand why people like it. I also think variety is completely unnecessary if someone is eating a complete food. A lot of people struggle because they are convinced that they can't survive without a multitude of food options. My wife is one of those people, who will tell me that she is bored and needs more variety. Meanwhile, if she wasn't eating low carb, should would normally eat only 5-6 different foods for weeks at a time.
This is an extreme lack of variety, but is easily something that can be done indefinitely.0 -
I am already bored of ground beef. Lol. But that is just in my head, because I think of a how many meals of just ground beef that I have in front me me.
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Curious if you're eating grassfed or factory ground beef.0
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Ground beef is probably one of the few foods that I could eat daily, not sure for a full 30 days. Looking forward to following your progress.0
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Awesome. I love the idea of not having to plan my meals. I bet i would get antsy after a week or two but it woul probably fade away.
Looking forward to updates, especially on how you are feeling about the monotony.0 -
My husband thinks a month of bacon sounds fun and is warming to the idea of going meat only in the USA trip. Will not happen. He loves his fries too much but love that he is entertaining the idea of carb reduction. May be his wife losing 20 percent of her weight in 6 months might be sinking in as a proof of concept.0
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line up all your seasonings and choose a different one each day0
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I know I could not handle the same food day in & day out for weeks, YIKES! My 'beef' with MFP, and the reason I no longer log my food, is because I have such a huge variety that stuff keeps getting bumped off my 4 page list each time I add something new to it. There are only so many spice ideas you can use for ground beef without adding other ingredients to make the recipes pleasingly international. Just my POV, good luck to you though!0
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Curious if you're eating grassfed or factory ground beef.
I almost never eat grass-finished beef. My meat is always grain-finished. I have other threads where I explain my reasoning behind this.fludderbye wrote: »line up all your seasonings and choose a different one each day
My "light" seasoning requirement makes this less useful than you might think. Others might not be as strict as I am with that one.Awesome. I love the idea of not having to plan my meals. I bet i would get antsy after a week or two but it woul probably fade away.
Looking forward to updates, especially on how you are feeling about the monotony.
It helps to remember that my normal eating habits are not exactly "varied." I might have chuck steaks with only salt for three days in a row, with nothing else.0 -
Are you forgoing butter and other fats or emulsifiers? Added lard/tallow allowed, or only those naturally occurring/composed in your meat of choice?0
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Are you forgoing butter and other fats or emulsifiers? Added lard/tallow allowed, or only those naturally occurring/composed in your meat of choice?
No added fats. If I want more fat, I will buy fattier ground beef. If I want less fat, I will buy less fatty ground beef (or not eat all the fat). Personally, ground beef around 20-25% fat (by weight) works pretty well to meat my typical fat numbers. It works out to be around 75-80% calories from fat.0 -
It helps to remember that my normal eating habits are not exactly "varied." I might have chuck steaks with only salt for three days in a row, with nothing else.
^^^^ Exactly! I lived on teriyaki chicken alone for months when I was younger. I'd buy one chicken bowl a day and I ate half for lunch and half for dinner, literally every single day. I think I can do a month of this. Plus I'm having a little more variety than @FIT_Goat as I'm having two slightly different fatty cuts of pork each day plus one egg. And my pork belly offers variety - there's the layer of soft chewy meat, the layer of soft gooey fat and the layer of crunchy pig skin! My seasonings will be salt and pepper because good quality meat doesn't need anything else.
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Are you forgoing butter and other fats or emulsifiers? Added lard/tallow allowed, or only those naturally occurring/composed in your meat of choice?
No added fats. If I want more fat, I will buy fattier ground beef. If I want less fat, I will buy less fatty ground beef (or not eat all the fat). Personally, ground beef around 20-25% fat (by weight) works pretty well to meat my typical fat numbers. It works out to be around 75-80% calories from fat.
LOL! Freudian slip.
75/25 ground beef....yummmm.... Greasy goodness.0 -
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/FIT_Goat/view/day-1-30-ground-beef-813773
Today is up. I didn't get much eating in. We'll see how my appetite improves over the next few days. If it doesn't, my weight is going to drop faster than I expected.0 -
Thanks for the update!0
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Thanks for updating! Hope it ends up going well for you and you don't get too bored!
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