Fat grams

[Guest guest]

If you're eating 1200-1500 calories a day, you're looking at 30-36g of

fat a day or 5-6g at each meal. I personally have never counted my

flax oil calories in those number but other people sometimes do.

Here's something I posted a couple of days ago about the math.

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You're shooting for a 40/40/20 ratio of carbs/protein/fat. Most women

who are seriously focused on fat loss are looking at 1200 to 1500

calories a day. That would break down to 200-250 calories, 20-25g of

carbs, 20-25g of protein, and 5-6g of fat at each of your six meals.

Now you don't have to go crazy and get the calculator out every time

you eat. If you stick to palm/fist sized portions and the authorized

foods list, you should come fairly close to those numbers without any

calculating at all. It's normal for some meals to be a little bigger

and some to be a little smaller. Some are going to be more balanced

and some may be tilted more heavily toward either protein or carbs.

It's normal and desirable for your calorie level to fluctuate from day

to day and meal to meal.

On 10/31/05, kluskagirl <kluskagirl@...> wrote:

> I was playing around on Fitday and I started to wonder how much fat is

> too much (assuming of course, that you eat a BFL-type clean diet and

> most of the fat is the good kind - salmon, flax, olive oil, etc.)

> How much fat do y'all eat?

>

> K.G.

>

[Guest guest]

I have recently begun using FitDay as I am progressing in the diet. I am only up

to between 2 and 3 tablespoons of CO at this point but what happens when I hit

the 5.5 tablespoon mark? That will equal 74.8 grams of fat each day and I am

only allowed 68 grams a day. Plus my two tablespoons of CLO come to 27.2 grams

of fat a day which would bring me to 102 grams of fat a day. Am I doing

something wrong in my calculations? I seem to remember reading that we are

supposed to count both CLO and CO in our daily fat grams. Thanks for your help.

Darlene