How many calories in a Steakhouse 8 oz Filet Mignon?

ehimass

Hi,

Planning a dinner date with my wife at a high-end steakhouse restaurant and think I can fit an 8 oz filet mignon into my diet for the day (sunday the 9th, open diary). My question is, about how many calories and fat/protein grams should I estimate for this? It's a smaller restaurant chain that doesn't publish nutrition facts. Unfortunately calories for an 8oz filet mignon are all over the map, from 300 at Outback, 600 at ruths chris, to 800 on other internet resources. It's a really wide spread. I know I shouldn't really sweat a few hundred calories +/- but I'm a bit OCD. Also, should I request that it be cooked without oils for lower calories maybe?

Thanks.

fitmom4lifemfp

I would go with 600. It's the middle of the road from what I see online.

crb426

Raw filet mignon is 75 calories per ounce. 8oz would be 600 calories. They most likely put butter and other goodies so maybe 700 total.

I'd recommend getting a 6oz filet or eating only half the 8oz and saving the leftovers for the next day. Double the enjoyment.

cwolfman13

I would just go and enjoy my steak...

rugratz2015

I would recommend you go out and log the food at the highest you can on the mfp listings and enjoy, and enjoy the dessert, enjoy the night with your wife. One night having extra calories won't kill you. If you're feeling that bad over it then reduce your calories for a few days before and after, or do an extra workout. But remember that you need this to work for you long term. I'd rather have a date with my hubby, with the extra calories than no date and sticking to my allowance.

loulamb7

I would use one of the high-end steak house entries. Order whatever cut you like and eat 6-8 oz and take the rest home for lunch. Even if you eat at maintenance or a little over for the day don't sweat it, enjoy it.

trogalicious

whatever you do, you let them cook that steak how they normally do. If you're ordering filet, don't shave off calories by telling the kitchen to do something different. Just count it 800 calories and roll with it.

typically it's pre-cooked weight, right? so 8oz of prime tenderloin is in the database as "Beef, tenderloin, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, prime, raw"

621 calories for just the steak itself. I imagine they'll finish with butter. I mean, I hope they do.

Log it, enjoy it, move on.

sheermomentum

While I'm a big fan of the "enjoy the meal with your wife" school, the USDA database says that an 8 oz filet is about 300-350 calories, if you trim/don't eat the fat. It really comes down to how lean the raw beef is and how much they trim it before its cooked.

https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/7417?man=&lfacet=&count=&max=&qlookup=&offset=&sort=&format=Abridged&reportfmt=other&rptfrm=&ndbno=&nutrient1=&nutrient2=&nutrient3=&subset=&totCount=&measureby=&Qv=2.28&Q13706=3.0&Q13707=1&Qv=1&Q13706=3.0&Q13707=1

https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/7645?man=&lfacet=&count=&max=50&qlookup=beef+tenderloin+raw&offset=&sort=default&format=Abridged&reportfmt=other&rptfrm=&ndbno=&nutrient1=&nutrient2=&nutrient3=&subset=&totCount=&measureby=&Qv=2.28&Q14025=1&Q14026=1&Qv=1&Q14025=1&Q14026=1

(They weigh it before they cook it for you.) If it seems nice and fatty in the folds between the lean parts, and you eat that, add 100-200 calories.

They will put butter on top if you don't ask them not to. So at least 100 extra calories for that; more if you wipe up the plate.

Yum.

Have a wonderful time!

CyberTone

The restaurant will cook (and advertise) the steak as 8 ounces; that is the raw weight. Once cooked, what will end up on your plate will be fewer than 8 ounces, so you will want to log 8 ounces of raw.

Search MFP for "beef tenderloin trimmed raw" and choose which entry is closer to what you are served and whether or not you eat the fat around the edge of the steak, if it is served like that.

If the restaurant cooks and plates the steak with the 1/8" fat still attached and you eat the surrounding fat, use this entry. Some of the fat will have cooked off, but this entry would be the maximum Calories.




If the restaurant uses a fully trimmed piece without any edge fat, or you trim off the edge fat and don't eat that fat, use this one. This is normally how restaurants serve it in my area and I would use this one. If the restaurants slather it with butter, log the butter separately.

MalkinMagic71

cwolfman13 wrote: »

I would just go and enjoy my steak...

This.

ehimass

Thanks for the responses! Sounds like I should probably go with the 6 oz raw tenderloin trimmed to 1/8" fat and log 1 ounce of butter to go with it. That'll keep me pretty close to my daily goal. Thanks!

ehimass

So I ordered the 6oz and it was pretty small. I got totally out-steaked by my wife who had the 20 oz Ribeye, granted she only ate half in one sitting. The 6 oz filet was pretty small on the plate, it made about six 1/4" x 3" slices of steak. It looked pretty lean too, when I cut into it (med rare) I only saw brown and pink, no white that would indicate pure fat, even around the edges. It tasted like about 300-400 calories but IDK. Oh well, won't hurt much if I ate a few hundred calories less than planned yesterday.

ccsernica

If you're willing to take her to Ruth's Chris, this must be a special occasion. I'd just enjoy my steak and to kitten with the calories. One day isn't going to make that much of a difference as long as you stick with the program the rest of the time.