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day 6

zerosugar101
zerosugar101 Posts: 8 Member
in Getting Started
having really hard time controlling my fat intake i seem to run over every day

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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Are your calorie amounts okay? I go over my fat macros sometimes but in the end the calories are what matter.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Many people regard fat and protein as minimum goals within their overall calorie allowance for greater flexibility.

    Is going over on your fat allowance causing you to exceed your calorie budget?
  • zerosugar101
    zerosugar101 Posts: 8 Member
    no
    gone over calorie allowance 2 times

  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    zerosugar101 wrote: »
    no
    gone over calorie allowance 2 times

    Plan better?

    Log your food in advance?

    Make different food choices?
  • kenyonhaff
    kenyonhaff Posts: 1,377 Member
    Good! This is an area that you need to address, where you do some reflecting and learning.

    So take a look at the highest fat items you are eating. Where is the fat coming from? And what are some different choices you can make?

    In general your choices are:

    Eat smaller portions of the food item

    Avoid the food item

    Find a lower fat variety of the food item

  • zerosugar101
    zerosugar101 Posts: 8 Member
    a lot of the food choices are home made, and some of the fat is good fat like avacodos

  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    edited April 2021
    zerosugar101 wrote: »
    a lot of the food choices are home made, and some of the fat is good fat like avacodos

    If going higher fat works for you, then there's no reason why you need to limit it. The only reason to do that would be if it was keeping you from meeting the rest of your nutritional needs. What some people find is that since fat is calorie-dense, going higher fat will mean you have a harder time staying within your calorie limit unless you make changes to limit calories from other sources.

    However, if your goal is to lose weight, going over your calorie goal consistently will either slow down your progress or keep you from losing weight completely. That would be something you'd want to look at and see if you can make some changes that will make it more likely you'll hit your goal each day.

    Some things that work for me: pre-logging meals (that way I know in advance if a meal will have more calories than I want and I can make changes), adding lower calorie foods to my meals (so I eat less of higher calorie stuff but still get plenty to eat), making simple swaps that reduce calories (this will be different for each person, but an example is that when I have something that is usually served with rice, I'll have it on a bed of shredded or roasted vegetables instead).

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