I often hear from people who wonder what types of meat they can eat on the medifast diet. A popular query refers to steaks. People want to know if they can eat it, how big the portions would be, and how often they can eat this food. I heard someone say “will I ever be able to eat steak on medifast? It’s my favorite food and I can’t imagine life without eating it regularly.”
The answer to this question is that you can eat steak. But you will have to eat a certain kind. And at a certain time. I will explain this below.
Eating Steak For Your Lean And Green Meal: In addition to five of the diet’s prepackaged meals, you are allowed one larger main meal each day that you prepare or provide yourself. That meal should consist of lean protein and low-glycemic vegetables. The number of ounces of that protein you get depends on how lean that protein is. For example, if you’re eating a meat that’s more than 95 percent fat, you can have six ounces of it. If your meat or protein is more than 85 percent fat, you can eat five ounces of it. It goes without saying that you will have to choose lean cuts for this to work. Obviously, the more marbled and fatty the meat, the higher the fat content you can expect.
Lean cuts of steak are round eye, sirloin, and shoulder. T bone is also considered relatively lean. Steaks like ribs, rib eye, and beef tenderloin contain more fat. If you’re going to splurge and eat a fattier cut of meat, then you’ll need to eat less. I admit that sometimes I slide towards less lean cuts of meat. But, when I do, I’ll put this into stir-fries, soups, or stews so I can use less. In other words, the meat is not the main attraction but you have enough so that you can taste and enjoy it.
If you are going to have a traditional meal of a larger cut of steak with your salad or vegetables on the side, you may want to choose a meat that is labeled extra lean. You can easily see this by looking at the nutrition information on the side of the package. Also, I realize that you can often just trim visible fat from even lean cuts to save even more fat that way. Since I’ve gotten used to eating leaner foods, I actually find excess fat or fat to be too much, so I actually prefer to eat leaner cuts of meat now. So, to answer the question posed, yes, you can have steak on your lean and green meal, but for the most enjoyment, you’ll want to choose lean cuts.