Eating Too Much Fat

Evalee010
Evalee010 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I am not having any problem with calories actually have to make a point to eat enough calories.
But the fat is always over between 8 and 11(my intake is suppose to be 27). I am eating the healthy fats avocado, nuts watching other sources of fat like dressing etc. What am I doing wrong?

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  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    That sounds pretty low fat to me...
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Many people are eating more fat than that -- if you'd like to eat more fat, have you considered resetting your goals?

    Otherwise, if you want to meet the goal of 27, eat fewer "healthy" fats like avocado and nuts. I don't see any particular reason to avoid these foods if you're hitting your calorie goal, but if you want to eat a low fat diet all sources of fat count.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    My fat is always over. Doesn't affect my weight loss.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Fat is a minimum macro

    Eg you should as a minimum hit 0.35g fat per lb of bodyweight (some say 0.4g)
  • goldthistime
    goldthistime Posts: 3,213 Member
    I also find nuts and avocado occasionally push my fat dietary fat higher than my goal, but I try not to let it bother me. Just read another study where a small handful of nuts a day was associated with lower BMI's and longer lives. As long as calories from fats isn't pushing my calories from proteins down, I'm fine.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Evalee010 wrote: »
    I am not having any problem with calories actually have to make a point to eat enough calories.
    But the fat is always over between 8 and 11(my intake is suppose to be 27). I am eating the healthy fats avocado, nuts watching other sources of fat like dressing etc. What am I doing wrong?

    You aren't necessarily doing anything wrong. You can eat more fat than the generic setting if you want. But if you want to stay within your limit, then simply eat less fat. The source of the fat doesn't really make any difference when tracking total fat. It all counts.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,260 Member
    I wouldn't even worry about it. I view my protein and fat goals as minimums and after hitting them anything goes.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    edited October 2015
    jemhh wrote: »
    I wouldn't even worry about it. I view my protein and fat goals as minimums and after hitting them anything goes.

    Agreed (with the implied assumption that you're not exceeding your overall calorie goal)

    That said, 27 grams of fat per day seems an awfully low goal. I might suggest revisiting your goal settings.
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