Daily Fat Percentage (?)

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CherylanneCorsini
CherylanneCorsini Posts: 50 Member
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Oh no!! my daily nutrition wheel shows 48% fat. Only 15% protein.
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  • AsISmile
    AsISmile Posts: 1,004 Member
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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.
  • lulucitron
    lulucitron Posts: 366 Member
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    I keep mine at 45 carb, 30 protein and 25 fat give or take a gram here and there. It works for me.
  • Cheesy567
    Cheesy567 Posts: 1,186 Member
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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=240c632b0336f1a08c38bdf5115160e4
  • rozalie13
    rozalie13 Posts: 2 Member
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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 :)
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    KisforKrista wrote: »
    rozalie13 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.

    Yes, this.
  • sixxpoint
    sixxpoint Posts: 3,529 Member
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    rozalie13 wrote: »
    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.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
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    rozalie13 wrote: »
    You eat fat, you gain fat. It's not rocket science :)

    Science tells us that if you eat carbs you store fat. Carbs are preferentially oxidised and stored, gotta get that stuff out of the bloodstream.

  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
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    rozalie13 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 :)

    Yeah, don't repeat that. It isn't true.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,988 Member
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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.
  • M30834134
    M30834134 Posts: 411 Member
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    rozalie13 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 :)

    :smiley: You've got some reading to do. A lot of reading. LOLZ
  • SweetNewMee
    SweetNewMee Posts: 2 Member
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    KisforKrista wrote: »
    rozalie13 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.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
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    rozalie13 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 :)

    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. :)
  • MmmDrop
    MmmDrop Posts: 160 Member
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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.
  • ladymiseryali
    ladymiseryali Posts: 2,555 Member
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    rozalie13 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 :)

    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
  • triciab79
    triciab79 Posts: 1,713 Member
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    rozalie13 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 :)

    Um No, I cannot believe people still think this. Did we take a DeLorean back to 1985?
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    edited June 2015
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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.
  • BJG7_UK
    BJG7_UK Posts: 61 Member
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    rozalie13 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 :)

    That not the best advice, you need fat to help hormone function..

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