Those look like appropriate proportions of each to me and I feel no guilt at all for the bovine that gave its all for a dinner like that.
yeah, but the old Sawbones doesnt think so. too many calories, saturated fat, and cholesterol in 16 oz. steak, before a couple shots of steak sauce (too much salt she says).
I have seen the nutritional debate -- good for you/bad for you/causes cancer, etc.. EOD, i have resigned my self from experience I cannot eat/burn it off like i could 30 years ago.
Goal is to try to stay 40 lbs under my high school athletic (football/basketball) weight ... tough to do at 6' 3" and 40+ years later. Only thing the same size now are shoe, hat, and glove size from those days -- but doing ok (most months of the year
i went to high school with my doctor btw so she's known me that whole time) on the weight thing.
Everything in moderation but on occasion gotta have have a real, whole slab of beef (steak, ribs, big honkin' burger, etc) & fixins. Me, its 4-5 times a year.
in the interim, is Applebees (minus the bread stuff). I call this one "steak and shrubery". Really its Southwest Steak Caesar Salad -- pretty good actually