chicken breast vs chicken thighs

**noexcuses88** · 02-03-2010, 09:00 PM

Chicken thighs taste so much better, but I am wondering if it appropriate for cutting.

chicken thighs.

4oz
120 cals
4 fat (1 Saturated)
20 pro

appreciate any input

**noexcuses88** · 02-04-2010, 06:44 AM

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**energizer bunny** · 02-04-2010, 07:48 AM

well chicken breasts are a leaner cut, so when cutting id go for the leaner cut.....but to be honest IMO if the rest of you're diet is good then i dont think eating the thigh will make that much of a difference.

and they do taste better!...

**gbrice75** · 02-04-2010, 11:54 AM

No doubt they taste WAY better - and there is a reason for that - they have MUCH more fat. Not sure where you got those macros from (the packaging?), but I know for a fact that the thighs have WAY more than 4g of fat per 4oz. I don't think they are appropriate for a cutting diet at all. I wouldn't even eat them on a bulking diet, just too much fat IMO, fat that can be obtained from better sources.

**mg1228** · 02-04-2010, 01:02 PM

yea 4gr looked way low

**Damienm05** · 02-04-2010, 01:10 PM

I'd say they would in fact, "hurt", if you are strictly cutting. Compare chicken thighs, skinless, to a pork chop or something of that nature. It's a very fatty cut. Now if you go to great lengths to trim them, it's possible that they may have as little as 4g but it still seems way low.

**matt77** · 02-04-2010, 03:05 PM

Thighs are a def no no for cutting. You'd be ok during a bulk if you grilled them so most of the fat gets cooked out and away from the meat. But even then I'd only eat them 1 time a week. Breast can be juicy and tasty if you cook it right. I like to buy breast on the bone, put it on the smoker or oven if you don't have a smoker, season or marinade, cook for 4 hours at 215 degrees indirect heat/top rack of oven. I smoke for about an hour to 1 1/2 hours then wrap in foil to finish out the cooking time.

**energizer bunny** · 02-05-2010, 04:22 AM

^^^^^ well not entirely correct, aslong as they fit into you're daily macros/cals then they could be used for bulking or cutting......though as someone said above there are better ways of obtaining fat.

**noexcuses88** · 02-07-2010, 07:08 PM

the pervious macros was straight off the bag...

The following chicken breast macros were also off the bag
same company at HEB

chicken breast

4oz
120 cals
3 fat (0 Saturated)
24 pro

That is why i thought it wasnt that much of a big deal when cutting.

The Chicken thighs are skinless and cut leaner than most. That is the only reason why I am considering this.

**Little Herc** · 02-07-2010, 11:17 PM

Thighs arent bad if u take off the skin

**stevey_6t9** · 02-07-2010, 11:40 PM

the darker the chicken meat the more fat it has

**Narkissos** · 02-08-2010, 12:38 AM

Nothing wrong with chicken thighs. To say that they have no place in a cutting diet is just silly... especially since most of you follow the pro/fat pro/carb (i.e. separating macros) style of dieting.

There are many ways to approach dieting, and food combination.

I think you guys forget that.

**soulstealer** · 02-08-2010, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by Narkissos

Nothing wrong with chicken thighs. To say that they have no place in a cutting diet is just silly... especially since most of you follow the pro/fat pro/carb (i.e. separating macros) style of dieting.

There are many ways to approach dieting, and food combination.

I think you guys forget that.

My biggest problem was this exactly, when I started getting serious about training I would keeping a closed mind about what I needed to do based on a method I was working out in my head.......

In the end Fat is Fat is FAT... it has 9 calories per gram and is used for energy.... granted there are some benefits from other types of fat and some down sides the animal fat (supposedly) But there is no reason you cant have say ground beef in your diet while cutting... shit you can even throw in icecream at the appropriate time and place and still get leaner...

This is a sport of paradigm shifts... unless you understand you will never find the perfect way to do something than you will be stuck in a rut... in bodybuilding perfection is dynamic and fluid and absolutes have no place here.