But I eat pork… The fat content is quite unknown and varied. Macros aren’t in packages for fresh meat, only processed (and even that isn’t accurate when the different pieces are clearly different, it happens to pork jowl and belly - but I don’t eat so very much of these so it’s not THAT bad. though there is difference between 86% and 75% fat… and what if I eat the fatty part because my SO wants the meaty one?).
I bought pork loin that was way more fatty than the average pork chuck. And pretty lean shoulder.
Chicken gets trickier (bones, skin, lost fat) but I measured a lot and came out with some vaguely okay guess, good enough for me.
I don’t even try when I eat scratchings
I managed to make some super lean ones last time and my data says it is supposed to be 83% fat in weight (and indeed, if I buy it, it oozes fat. but if I make it, it is different. usually fatty though, last time I went too far, it seems).
The other items are usually quite okay. But I mostly live on pork at this point. I thought if I eat enough lean pork, tracking will be more accurate. It still isn’t due to the very huge variation and the trimming (like I cut off the fattier parts and eat them. but sometimes I eat the leaner pieces).
If I didn’t feel how my meat is compared to the average pork chuck (that may or may not be what I get from the database. the program I use usually have various data for most things, by the way… and probably most of them are right, things differ), I would be totally lost. But I am not, I am just aware that my accuracy isn’t so great. But it’s not THAT bad. If I calculate 1600 kcal, I probably didn’t eat 1200 or over 2000… I definitely think so. But 1500 or 1700 has decent chances as far as I can tell. I can’t get much more accurate with my meat.
But actually… I don’t care about my CI or CO. Just the balance. If I eat in a specific style with similar days all the time with similar activity and circumstances, I should see if it works well enough.
I basically had such an appetizer mix for lunch!
I mean, carnivore but cheese, fatty processed meat… The boiled egg felt a right fit too, more satiating than the others but not very much.
I needed quick temporal satiation beyond extra fat (it’s so crazy my main food is lean now but it’s nice. and it’s not super lean, it’s pork with nice visible fat but I need more energy) and it worked well for that too. But they definitely add calories pretty easily. I had problems with my such fatty little things when I ate them for 2-3 meals. As I ate fattier meats and much more eggs and the total fat was just too much.
On OMAD and with leaner meats, I need to involve these little things more - after I fought so much to be able to minimize them… I need some time to figure this out and meanwhile carnivore and OMAD slowly will make their changes on my hunger, eating ability, appetite and whatnot… Hopefully things fall into place moderately soon.