Too many healthy fats?

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LAC73167
LAC73167 Posts: 114 Member
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  • LAC73167
    LAC73167 Posts: 114 Member
    edited September 2016
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    Well there was a whole post here I don't know what happened to it!

    I was just wondering if this recipe seemed healthy or has too many healthy fats and it is that even possible?


    INGREDIENTS:

    1 cucumber (peeled and de-seeded plus additional cuke for garnish)
    1 tablespoon onion (minced)
    1 avocado, peeled
    1 tablespoon olive oil
    1 tablespoon lemon juice
    1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
    1 cup water
    2 dash of Sea Salt
    1/4 teaspoon Chili Powder
    1 dash of Cayenne Pepper
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
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    What do you think? Is it all for you? Fat has 9 calories per gram. If it fits in your calorie goal and allows you to hit an adequate amount of protein for the day as well, it's not too much.
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
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    It's only too many if it goes way beyond your calorie and macro goals. Otherwise it looks fine to me.
  • LAC73167
    LAC73167 Posts: 114 Member
    edited September 2016
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    Yes! It's all for me!! I love it and it fits into my day.

    I seriously started thinking about it at a red light today thinking wow that's a lot of olive oil and a lot of avocado and one sitting or maybe it isn't I'm not sure that's why am asking.

    I said to myself "I am Going to ask those smart people on MyFitnessPal message boards' they'll know" :)
  • LAC73167
    LAC73167 Posts: 114 Member
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    nvmomketo wrote: »
    It's only too many if it goes way beyond your calorie and macro goals. Otherwise it looks fine to me.

    Thanks!!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    edited September 2016
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    LAC73167 wrote: »
    Yes! It's all for me!! I love it and it fits into my day.

    I seriously started thinking about it at a red light today thinking wow that's a lot of olive oil and a lot of avocado and one sitting or maybe it isn't I'm not sure that's why am asking.

    I said to myself "I am Going to ask those smart people on MyFitnessPal message boards' they'll know" :)

    I think it's a lot personally. But I can't fit 300 calories worth of avocado and 120 cals of olive oil in my day easily, even in maintenance.

    ETA: and that has nothing to do with fat. I feel good on high fat.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
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    Put it in to the recipe builder. You will see what that fat does to the calorie count. Me, I'd fit in all the fats I can afford.
  • LAC73167
    LAC73167 Posts: 114 Member
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    Recipe builder - doubled the recipe - 3 servings =243 calories so I'm okay with that :wink:
    Thanks!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
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    LAC73167 wrote: »
    Recipe builder - doubled the recipe - 3 servings =243 calories so I'm okay with that :wink:
    Thanks!

    Those must be some small avocados.
  • LAC73167
    LAC73167 Posts: 114 Member
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    arditarose wrote: »
    LAC73167 wrote: »
    Recipe builder - doubled the recipe - 3 servings =243 calories so I'm okay with that :wink:
    Thanks!

    Those must be some small avocados.
    I'm going by what MFP says - you don't think it's right?
    234 calories- 1 med Avocado
    119 calories - 1 tbls Olive Oil

    Does that seem too low
  • LAC73167
    LAC73167 Posts: 114 Member
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    arditarose wrote: »
    LAC73167 wrote: »
    Recipe builder - doubled the recipe - 3 servings =243 calories so I'm okay with that :wink:
    Thanks!

    Those must be some small avocados.

    Oops. 243 per serving
  • blueeyetea
    blueeyetea Posts: 44 Member
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    Is this a recipe for a salad dressing? It just seems like it would be perfect for this, after a whiz with the hand blender.

    Speaking as someone who ate 1/2 of an avocado with my one egg this morning, no, it's not too much healthy fat, imo.

  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    LAC73167 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    LAC73167 wrote: »
    Recipe builder - doubled the recipe - 3 servings =243 calories so I'm okay with that :wink:
    Thanks!

    Those must be some small avocados.
    I'm going by what MFP says - you don't think it's right?
    234 calories- 1 med Avocado
    119 calories - 1 tbls Olive Oil

    Does that seem too low

    Avocados vary in size, you should weigh it. I think the person missed that you were dividing 2 avocados into 3 parts, though.

    I think it's fine, it just depends on the rest of your day and week and so on and total calories. I usually eat half an avocado at a time, but I've been known to eat half at breakfast and half at dinner. I don't think a tbsp of olive oil in day is that much. It's a lot of calories for something not that filling for me, so I limit it when calories are lower, but not because I consider it unhealthy.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
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    It's only too many if it goes over your calorie goals.

    Are you measuring your avocado by grams, though? Eyeballing it by size could have you getting the calorie count pretty off.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    That sounds like a waste of a potential guacamole to me :)
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    LAC73167 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    LAC73167 wrote: »
    Recipe builder - doubled the recipe - 3 servings =243 calories so I'm okay with that :wink:
    Thanks!

    Those must be some small avocados.
    I'm going by what MFP says - you don't think it's right?
    234 calories- 1 med Avocado
    119 calories - 1 tbls Olive Oil

    Does that seem too low

    Never do this

    Weigh the avocado and the oil, log them by USDA database values ..log all other ingredients the same way

    How on earth would you know what someone else calls a medium avocado?

    Weigh the entire dish in grammes, divide by 100 to get calories per 100g...log as how much you eat
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    And I posted some advice but it's waiting for "approval"
    Because this site is bananas
    Now banana and avocado that could work
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
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    Sued0nim wrote: »
    And I posted some advice but it's waiting for "approval"
    Because this site is bananas
    Now banana and avocado that could work

    I once had a recipe that made a pie filling with mashed banana and avocado that was sweetened with something.... I can't quite remember what. It was actually quite delicious. It had a lot of lime juice in it.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    I posted something pretty non controversial I thought, but it is also waiting for approval. Weird.
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
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    LAC73167 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    LAC73167 wrote: »
    Recipe builder - doubled the recipe - 3 servings =243 calories so I'm okay with that :wink:
    Thanks!

    Those must be some small avocados.
    I'm going by what MFP says - you don't think it's right?
    234 calories- 1 med Avocado
    119 calories - 1 tbls Olive Oil

    Does that seem too low

    You should probably weigh those.

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