calories in sirloin steak

sunman00

it's a family celebration so I buy 4 x 300g sirloin steaks & input it in my food diary, circa 600 cal

but then I cut the fat off & eat the lean and after my meal weigh the fat; 100g

so do I take that away from my food intake or leave the original in?

wikitbikit

In to read opinions.

I trim my beef, weigh it, cook it, don't eat whatever pure fatty bits are left, but I still go by my original weighing. It's all estimates anyway, and I'd rather over estimate than under. ...But that's me, interested to see what others think.

sunman00

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sgv0918

In to read opinions.

I trim my beef, weigh it, cook it, don't eat whatever pure fatty bits are left, but I still go by my original weighing. It's all estimates anyway, and I'd rather over estimate than under. ...But that's me, interested to see what others think.

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angieroo2

I don't count what I don't eat....so I don't count the fat I trim off.

Ready2Rock206

I'd just keep it at the original. Better to be over than under.

rockerbabyy

i dont trim mine because the crusty lil bits of fats are heaven in my mouth - but if i did, i would trim them and then weigh and add that info to my diary. then cook as desired. unless i cant find a raw entry in the database, then i weigh it after cooking.

sunman00

kept looking; now found a 'trimmed sirloin' reference in the database, so have altered my intake to the actual weight ingested, which makes sense; if you at half a sandwich you'd input 0.5 x 1 right? same thing?

wikitbikit

The only thing that makes me hesitate to say that's the same thing is that it sounds like you're cooking with the fat on, then trimming it off. Somehow that seems like cheating, but I can't really articulate how :laugh:

257_Lag

Count it full out. Call it a treat meal and then try and do a lil bit better tomorrow. It's all about averages

tootoop224

I just did the same thing tonight. Makes perfect sense to me. The butcher trimmed it before you purchased it, you wouldn't count that, why ccount what you trimmed?

HSingMomto7Kids

If you trim anyways surely weigh after you trim it.

robot_potato

I weigh it raw after I trim it to my liking, this seems to be the most accurate.