Fit day discrepancies

[suprfast]

As many probably know I BBQ all the damn time. Rib eyes are my king meal(although rack of lamb is probably going to become #1 soon) and I enter it into fitday precooked and have these two choices. Only difference is in the section "separable lean only vs separable lean and fat."
Obviously it has to do with fat, but where. If it is trimmed to zero fat on the outside are they asking to remove marbling or are they talking about this thick section of fat in the middle?

Beef, rib, eye, small end (ribs 10-12), separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, broiled (a.k.a. Delmonico)

vs

Beef, rib, eye, small end (ribs 10-12), separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, broiled (a.k.a. Delmonico)

Difference of close to 300 calories with it almost all coming from fat calories.

Thanks peeps.

 

[Muscle_Girl]

The most accurate way to determine the kcals from each is to weigh your face off. Weigh the piece of meat before cooking, after cooking, and weigh the fat too if possible. I found this very difficult too, there are so many variables when it comes to cooking your own food at home from scratch.

The % of marbling varies per piece of meat, and even when something is graded, A, AA, AAA (here in canada) there is still a lot of flexibility for the % of fat marbling.

Worst case you could take the highest kcal option and settle with that. But, if you want accuracy, you will need to be weighing everything involved.

 

[suprfast]

Thanks for the info muscle. I know Im over thinking it and what i need to do is choose a leaner cut for my go to beef. Id choose beef or lamb over any other meat, and could eat it almost every meal.

I have a food scale and use it for my proteins usually in the cooked stage. I could do the raw weight but there is not a huge difference in the raw vs cooked stage for me.

I think my signature can explain the rest.

 

[suprfast]

Screw it found a new program that is nice. myfitnesspal.com and I can use my phone. yay