I ate Lean Ground Beef instead of Extra Lean Ground Beef. Did I mess up?
 

I wanted to buy organic ground beef earlier today to make a Big Mac in a bowl for dinner tonight. The organic ground beef was only 90% lean, which means it was labeled "Lean" and not "Extra Lean". Extra lean ground beef is at least 95% lean.

Did this 5% of fat difference screw up my effort to lose weight? I'm on Day 5 of the program.

I doubt you'll see much one-time short0term impact. It's not like you had a carb/sugar cheat. But try to keep the fat down and stay on protocol, at least for the first few months. Bottom line, no biggie.

No, and in fact every once in awhile a slight bump up of fat intake from a nice steak or 90% ground beef can actually give your loss a little boost!

No, you didn't!

I even sometimes eat pork ribs and still lose a huge amount of weight.

Piggybacking on this post - how often are we allowed to eat things like hamburger/steak? It doesn't mention limiting it - but if I want it 3-4 nights a week, is that too much?

Originally Posted by zoerba:
Piggybacking on this post - how often are we allowed to eat things like hamburger/steak? It doesn't mention limiting it - but if I want it 3-4 nights a week, is that too much?

nope!
The carbs are the thing to watch like a hawk

There is no place where it says the beef has to be extra lean.

Originally Posted by lisa32989:
nope!
The carbs are the thing to watch like a hawk

Thank you!!!

Originally Posted by patns:
There is no place where it says the beef has to be extra lean.

The Phase 1 sheet I have says "ground beef (extra-lean)", and I'm pretty sure I have the newest sheet... someone correct me if I'm wrong. :)

That being said, I don't know if that extra 5% fat would hinder weight loss. ;)

When I have ground beef it is 93% lean and ground turkey I get 90%

The clinic I go to says red meat you should limit to twice a week, salmon once a week... everything else, fair game. But every clinic has different rules...

I'm jumping in here with a related question so I hope no one minds - not trying to hijack the thread or anything!

My sheet says red tuna and salmon should be limited to 1x week. What about white tuna? I'm assuming that's unlimited?

My sheet doesn't say anything about limiting red meat (thank goodness cause I have it 3-5 times a week).

I'm in Jamaica and we have 1 kind of meat.. There no percentages or anything just one kind. Ground Beef.. I have it about once a week a girl can only have so much chicken

Why is salmon only 1x a week? It's so good!