Daily Fat Percentage (?)
CherylanneCorsini
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Oh no!! my daily nutrition wheel shows 48% fat. Only 15% protein.
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As long as you consumed 46 grams of protein you don't have to be concerned. (Daily protein requirement of a sedentary woman)
It just means that 48% of your calories came from fat. If you are eating in a deficit you won't gain weight regardles of where the calories came from.0 -
I keep mine at 45 carb, 30 protein and 25 fat give or take a gram here and there. It works for me.0
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You might be interested to hear the new USA dietary fat guidelines, you can listen to them here ahead of publication in JAMA next week:
http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/f/b/8/fb8fbe0fa2bd5839/US_Dietary_Guidelines_and_Lifting_the_Total_Dietary_Fat_Ban.mp3?c_id=9260580&expiration=1435497260&hwt=240c632b0336f1a08c38bdf5115160e40 -
I keep mine at 80% carbs, less than 10% fat and less than 10% protein. It's working great I'm steadily losing weight and gaining energy.
You eat fat, you gain fat. It's not rocket science
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KisforKrista wrote: »I keep mine at 80% carbs, less than 10% fat and less than 10% protein. It's working great I'm steadily losing weight and gaining energy.
You eat fat, you gain fat. It's not rocket science
Fat does not make you fat.
Excess calories make you fat.
It does not matter where they come from, fat, carbs, protein.
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You eat fat, you gain fat. It's not rocket science
No... just no. You don't need rocket science, you need some common sense.
Dietary Fat Guidelines: a minimum of 0.40 - 0.45 grams per 1 lb. bodyweight (unless obese)
Protein Guidelines: 0.60-0.80 grams per 1 lb. bodyweight is the upper range for new muscle synthesis.
Fill in the rest of your calories with nutritious and/or high fiber carbs.0 -
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I'm set at 40% carbs, 30% fat, and 30% protein and am consistently losing a pound per week despite almost always going over my fat.0
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KisforKrista wrote: »I keep mine at 80% carbs, less than 10% fat and less than 10% protein. It's working great I'm steadily losing weight and gaining energy.
You eat fat, you gain fat. It's not rocket science
Fat does not make you fat.
Excess calories make you fat.
It does not matter where they come from, fat, carbs, protein.
I agree! Fat does not make you FAT.0 -
I keep mine at 80% carbs, less than 10% fat and less than 10% protein. It's working great I'm steadily losing weight and gaining energy.
You eat fat, you gain fat. It's not rocket science
Apparently to some, it is.It's you
Fat does not make you fat. Excess calories, in any form, makes you fat.
OP: if you're just starting to track your macros (fat, carbs, protein) - pick one (my recommendation is protein) and focus on meeting or exceeding that goal, every day. After you've got a handle on that, pick another (again, my opinion is fat). Then worry about the final one.
Baby steps. 0 -
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45% fat, 35% protein, 20% carbs (mostly in vegetable form) for me. This is what I try to do on training days Monday through Friday. Weekends when I only do yoga is a lot more lenient. Works for me, and is approved by my doctor. Everyone is different though.0
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I keep mine at 80% carbs, less than 10% fat and less than 10% protein. It's working great I'm steadily losing weight and gaining energy.
You eat fat, you gain fat. It's not rocket science
If eating fat makes you fat, then why am I not obese? My eating plan is high fat and low carb. And yet here I am, at a healthy weight. Don't give out false information please
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CherylanneCorsini wrote: »Oh no!! my daily nutrition wheel shows 48% fat. Only 15% protein.
There's good evidence of longterm healthiness of diets that range from 10% to 35% fat, with a preference for less saturated fats. You'll need anywhere from 40 to 120g of protein as a woman, depending on your size.
I try to stay around 40g a fat (which is about 30% DV). If I hit AT LEAST 35, I'm not hungry. I tend to be low on everything but carbs by default.
Other than that, what you eat on a weekly, not daily, basis makes a bigger difference.0 -
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I started cutting again recently with 40:30:30 C:F:P
When I was bulking I increased my carbs 0 -
You might be interested to hear the new USA dietary fat guidelines, you can listen to them here ahead of publication in JAMA next week:
http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/f/b/8/fb8fbe0fa2bd5839/US_Dietary_Guidelines_and_Lifting_the_Total_Dietary_Fat_Ban.mp3?c_id=9260580&expiration=1435497260&hwt=240c632b0336f1a08c38bdf5115160e4
OMG that was very interesting. I cannot believe they finally got their collective heads out of their collective rears. The implications for the school lunch programs and product packaging should be fascinating. I bet there are lobby groups working right now to stop this from making it into the FDA recommendations. Can you imagine all the "low fat" sugar based yogurts and cereals that would need to remove their "healthy" labels if the 30% rule didn't apply.0 -
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Maybe the '90s, as it sounds like Susan Powter.
I really loved the '90s. If we are going to bring back stuff, can we maybe start with my 20s or something, and not "fat makes you fat!"0 -
You might be interested to hear the new USA dietary fat guidelines, you can listen to them here ahead of publication in JAMA next week:
http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/f/b/8/fb8fbe0fa2bd5839/US_Dietary_Guidelines_and_Lifting_the_Total_Dietary_Fat_Ban.mp3?c_id=9260580&expiration=1435497260&hwt=240c632b0336f1a08c38bdf5115160e4
OMG that was very interesting. I cannot believe they finally got their collective heads out of their collective rears. The implications for the school lunch programs and product packaging should be fascinating. I bet there are lobby groups working right now to stop this from making it into the FDA recommendations. Can you imagine all the "low fat" sugar based yogurts and cereals that would need to remove their "healthy" labels if the 30% rule didn't apply.
I don't think it affects the claim that low fat dairy is preferable to full fat (I don't personally agree), as the recommendations are still skeptical of sat fat, especially from animal products, as I understand it.
(Low fat yogurt should not have more than a de minimis difference in the amount of sugar as the same amount of full fat. If yogurt has extra sugar it's because it's sweetened or flavored, which is done to various kinds of full fat just as often, and is pretty simple to spot if you care about it. I am skeptical that anyone still considers sugary cereals health foods, but I've always hated cold cereal, so may have a warped idea about this, I guess.)0 -
I guess I better go back to more raw foods. I'm still not sure where all the fat (in my food) comes from. I DO know that's why I'm fat lmao!!! 0
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You eat fat, you gain fat. It's not rocket science
No... just no. You don't need rocket science, you need some common sense.
Dietary Fat Guidelines: a minimum of 0.40 - 0.45 grams per 1 lb. bodyweight (unless obese)
Protein Guidelines: 0.60-0.80 grams per 1 lb. bodyweight is the upper range for new muscle synthesis.
Fill in the rest of your calories with nutritious and/or high fiber carbs.
silly question, are those dietry guidelines the same for men and women?
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SweetNewMee wrote: »KisforKrista wrote: »I keep mine at 80% carbs, less than 10% fat and less than 10% protein. It's working great I'm steadily losing weight and gaining energy.
You eat fat, you gain fat. It's not rocket science
Fat does not make you fat.
Excess calories make you fat.
It does not matter where they come from, fat, carbs, protein.
I agree! Fat does not make you FAT.
This^^0
You've got some reading to do. A lot of reading. LOLZ
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