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The age old question!

JSN66614
JSN66614 Posts: 66
edited January 16 in Food and Nutrition
Okay I just logged my ground beef, drained and rinsed! It went from 320 calories to 180 calories!!!!!! THAT'S ALMOST HALF! Is 73/29 really that much on fat calories DANG!

Do you honestly believe this or is it too good to be true?

By the way I rinse it in a strainer, not in the pain, and I make sure every bit of fat I can get out of it I do aka rinsing it about 10 times always have done that my mother did it too.

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  • dewsmom78
    dewsmom78 Posts: 498 Member
    I always rinse our ground beef too, and I'm guessing it does cut back on the calories. Also, our ground beef is actually 1/2 beef and 1/2 venison, which is even healthier. We're a family of deer hunters though.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Are you going by raw weight to cooked weight to get those numbers? A good part of what you rinsed away was water so the calories probably didn't drop that drastically and your body needs fat so there's really no need to be washing your meat.

    ETA: I see now from your diary you're trying to do the under eaters 1200 calorie diet. Rinse on.
  • JSN66614
    JSN66614 Posts: 66
    Are you going by raw weight to cooked weight to get those numbers? A good part of what you rinsed away was water so the calories probably didn't drop that drastically and your body needs fat so there's really no need to be washing your meat.

    ETA: I see now from your diary you're trying to do the under eaters 1200 calorie diet. Rinse on.

    I will admit a lot of it is water yes but if you use cool water/ hot water/ cool water rotate it with each rise..........you see it's not all water actually most of it is fat!
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Okay I just logged my ground beef, drained and rinsed! It went from 320 calories to 180 calories!!!!!! THAT'S ALMOST HALF! Is 73/29 really that much on fat calories DANG!

    Do you honestly believe this or is it too good to be true?

    By the way I rinse it in a strainer, not in the pain, and I make sure every bit of fat I can get out of it I do aka rinsing it about 10 times always have done that my mother did it too.

    First off, I don't think you can have 73/29 meat since that adds up to > 100. But if almost 1/3 of your meat is fat and you wash most of that fat away, then yeah, the calorie count will drop significantly since fat has significantly more calories.
  • JSN66614
    JSN66614 Posts: 66
    Okay I just logged my ground beef, drained and rinsed! It went from 320 calories to 180 calories!!!!!! THAT'S ALMOST HALF! Is 73/29 really that much on fat calories DANG!

    Do you honestly believe this or is it too good to be true?

    By the way I rinse it in a strainer, not in the pain, and I make sure every bit of fat I can get out of it I do aka rinsing it about 10 times always have done that my mother did it too.

    First off, I don't think you can have 73/29 meat since that adds up to > 100. But if almost 1/3 of your meat is fat and you wash most of that fat away, then yeah, the calorie count will drop significantly since fat has significantly more calories.

    ooopppsss sorry typo it meant 73/27 lol
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Okay I just logged my ground beef, drained and rinsed! It went from 320 calories to 180 calories!!!!!! THAT'S ALMOST HALF! Is 73/29 really that much on fat calories DANG!

    Do you honestly believe this or is it too good to be true?

    By the way I rinse it in a strainer, not in the pain, and I make sure every bit of fat I can get out of it I do aka rinsing it about 10 times always have done that my mother did it too.

    First off, I don't think you can have 73/29 meat since that adds up to > 100. But if almost 1/3 of your meat is fat and you wash most of that fat away, then yeah, the calorie count will drop significantly since fat has significantly more calories.

    ooopppsss sorry typo it meant 73/27 lol

    Fat has 9 calories per gram, carbs and protein only have 4 calories per gram. That's why it drops so much.
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    Sometimes, when I wash my meat, it gets bigger.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,150 Member
    How do you figure draining the fat dropped 140 calories?

    I drain my beef, but I count the raw calories.
  • MissLuana
    MissLuana Posts: 356
    Sometimes, when I wash my meat, it gets bigger.

    FR SENT!!!
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    As long as you realize that the method you're using is guessing at best, and probably not all that accurate. You honestly have no idea how much you're rinsing is fat or water or even remotely the amount of calories you're washing away.

    Unless it specifically states that it should be weighed cooked, most nutritional information for meat is listed for the pre-cook weight.
  • melsmith612
    melsmith612 Posts: 727 Member
    I'd personally just buy leaner meat and avoid rinsing altogether but I like flavor. :huh:
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    Rinsing meat?? Lol, ridiculous!!
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