help with protein

liamrose

hello all, right i cant work this out. im doing a 40/40/20 cut. 180g pro 180g cabs 20 fats. what i cant work out is this morning for breakfast i had a 200g gammon steak which im going over by 20g for my daily allowance when i put into mfp from the bar-code it come up in that 200g piece of gammon there is only 54g of protein in it. how can that be right?? what im i not getting?? thanks for your help guys. i need to work this out!!!

yarwell

an open diary might help

200g of steak containing 54g of protein sounds right, so I don't understand what you don't understand !!

Protein is the chemical stuff inside the food, chicken and gammon are meats in which protein is a component.

Chadomaniac

20 grams of fat ???????


U need to reconsider working out a proper macro nutrient ratio before u even start eating


And 54g protein sounds about right for a 200g piece cooked gammon

DamianaKitten

The weight of the steak does not equal the amount of protein. Protein is only once of many components that are in that steak.

liamrose

so i should not be looking at the 200g of meet is 200g of protein its self then??

KarenJanine

Gammon is not 100% protein. A lot of the weight will be water, some of which will be lost when you cook it.

KarenJanine

so i should not be looking at the 200g of meet is 200g of protein its self then??

No, you should not. The 54g protein content you quoted is what you should be counting towards your 180g goal. You'd have to eat a lot of food to get 180g protein in one meal.

liamrose

sorry its 65g fats, my bad

DamianaKitten

so i should not be looking at the 200g of meet is 200g of protein its self then??

Yes. If that is the goal you are going with, you need to look at getting that much protein. There are so many different components to food, and in meat the primary weight is water (I think). That's why when you read food labels, you'll see a variety of things listed. When you buy milk, it's not *just* calcium, but a whole host of things, including protein.

yarwell

so i should not be looking at the 200g of meet is 200g of protein its self then??

no, "protein" is a component of the food you can only see on the label you can't weigh it.

200 grams of protein per day will come from 0.6 to 1.3 kg per day of meat. That's a **** load of meat,

liamrose

thank you! ive got it now.... lol. at last!!!!..

Myhaloslipped

Not sure why your fat macro is so low (20 grams)? But I have found that tuna steak (ahi) and swordfish are extremely low in calories and high in protein. They really help me meet my protein goals and remain under my calorie limit.

Chadomaniac

sorry its 65g fats, my bad

Much better


Yes . So according to research , 100g of cooked Gammon is 21% protein .

liamrose

its not its 65g fats