Over Fat Allowance

momaburke55

I have been doing pretty well and documenting my foods. Today I had avocado toast for breakfast and at lunch I had a Caesar salad with about a six to an 8 ounce portion of salmon on top. I normally do not go over my fat allowance I need to be more mindful of when I eat salmon and when I have the avocado toast? At least both had some good fats to them. Any advice would be appreciated

springlering62

Calories are king for losing weight.

I used to stress over macros, and finally decided, I am eating so much better and am so much healthier than I was before I started, that the overall improvement far outweighed being off on macros.

One thing that helped relieve my mind was occasionally viewing the “nutrition” page of my diary by “week” view, instead of daily view.

I discovered that my weekly averages were pretty darn good, whereas my daily averages ping ponged. Weekly is just fine for me.

momaburke55

Thank you. I feel a bit better now. Thank you for your kind comment

cmriverside

When I was in weight loss mode I had my macros set at 40% carbs, 45% fat, 15% protein.

It really is just about calories. That sounds like a delicious and healthy day's food. Well done.

You can always pre-log your food and tweak portions to fit, if you want to do that. It's pretty tedious at first, but after a while I learned approximate portions. I am now set on the default macros of 50% carb, 30% fat, 20% protein and I'm always over on fat (but NOT saturated fat, I eat a lot of nuts and use vegetable and nut oils pretty generously.)

ritzvin

Don't worry about that. If it's not crowding out protein or other necessary things, than it is not a problem. There IS a MINIMUM amount of fat that is recommended, so quite a few of us on here set it to that number and make sure that we go OVER rather than under.

MargaretYakoda

ritzvin wrote: »

Don't worry about that. If it's not crowding out protein or other necessary things, than it is not a problem. There IS a MINIMUM amount of fat that is recommended, so quite a few of us on here set it to that number and make sure that we go OVER rather than under.

I do that with fats and carbs. Makes life easier for this under eater.

Avidkeo

The only macro I worry about is fibre - I take iron supplements and fine that I need a decent fibre intake to prevent side effects.
I also try to get the recommended amount of protein, especially since I do a lot of running, but I don't stress over it.


Other than that, I just worry about the calories.

momaburke55

Thank you all. I have lots to learn. Thanks for taking the time to answer so kindly. I appreciate it