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Lean Meat & Fatty Meat

alondrasilva10
alondrasilva10 Posts: 63
edited February 24 in Food and Nutrition
Can someone please explain the difference and how I should go about shopping for meat? Any help at all would be great!

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  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    Lean Meats:
    Chicken, white meat (breast)
    Turkey, white meat
    Turkey, ground
    Pork, tenderloin
    Beef, Filet
    Beef, Flank steak
    Beef, ground 90/10 ratio
    Buffalo
    Ostrich

    Fattier Meats
    Chicken, dark meat (thighs)
    Pork loin roast
    Beef, marbled (Ribeye, Porterhouse, etc.)
    Beef, ground 80% or less
    Most sausage
    Bacon

    For the record, I eat all of these things. I just fit them into my macros. I'd be curious to see what other cuts people eat.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Paige682 provided a pretty good list there...I'd add a nice Top Round (London Broil) to my list of lean cuts of beef...just don't over cook it or it will get too tough...I'd also recommend some good marination to tenderize.

    I would say the vast majority of my meat consumption falls under the "lean" category, to include fish as well. That said, I eat bacon every weekend and generally like to roast a chicken or smoke a pork shoulder or brisket or whatever at least once per week..fatty meats are delicious, just too calorie dense for me to get them in all of the time.
  • Topsking2010
    Topsking2010 Posts: 2,244 Member
    Bump
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    'If it fits your macros'.

    I tend to go for leaner meat because it means I can eat more. I'm not adverse to fat, but I find it bumps the calories up a bit too much for me, even on days when I've got 4000 calories to consume. There's other fats I'd prefer to consume (like when in cheesecake :) ), to fit my macros and I do like lean meat, so that works out well enough :).
  • tryett
    tryett Posts: 530 Member
    I do mainly lean meats also. But I do enjoy some fatty meats also, love me some bacon (my sons prefer sausage).
  • duke0825
    duke0825 Posts: 22 Member
    Yes on the IIFYM. Having Ribs tonight and still have some fat left on my macros (%25). Although I am 208.
  • SJackson50
    SJackson50 Posts: 282 Member
    This post made me hungry :-) Thanks!
    Good luck with your goals!
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