Do avocados make you fat?

By itself, no. Dietary fat doesn't make you fat (if that is what you are wondering). If eating that avocado adds a calorie surplus to your diet, then it can. But if it does not, it won't.

I recently went to the doctor and told him I was gaining weight. I thought that by eating healthier foods I was doing ok. well come to find out I wasn't. Its all about the calories in an calories out. He told me to cut out the nuts and avocados. It depends on what your trying to accomplish. If I am trying to lose weight I need to make sure I keep to 1200 calories to lose the weight I want. If I am trying to eat healthier then eating avocados and nuts are fine. Avocados are high in calories but great for your cholesterol vitamins and fiber among other things. They are great for nutrition. But my goal is to lose some of the weight I have been gaining and for that purpose I need to cut out nuts and avocados. After I lose the weight I can go back to a maintenance calorie intake and can incorporate nuts and avocados watching the total calories I take in. Its also how what you eat in your calorie deficit. You can eat avocados but you have to think about the amount of calories you can have a day, and what foods you can eat to meet the calorie intake for the day . You can eat what ever you want but its how you eat it. If you ate Mcdonalds or KFC then first you'll probably go over the goal or you may only be able to eat that meal for the entire day but then you have to also think about was it healthy for for even though you ate in deficit. You can lose the weight and still have a heart attack or health problem because of the quality of the food. SO its choices

kimny72 wrote: »

Ecque wrote: »

Thanks for the replies, but eating in deficit isn't just the only goal of mine. I want quality calories from highly nutritious foods that will do my body good.

You should still lose weight even if you eat KFC and Pizza Hut as long the calories are in deficit, right? But is it a good idea?

But you asked if avocados make you fat. Excess calories make you fat, regardless of what food they come from.

As far as health, if I'm understanding correctly, are you saying avocados aren't nutritious food? Why do you think that? It's a vegetable.

And there's nothing wrong with having KFC every once and awhile. You can still eat plenty of nutritious food and have some fried chicken.

No one said avocados aren't nutritious. It may be a vegetable but the body processes it as a fat.
It is highly caloric and cannot be eaten endlessly or weight gain can be expected.
Wise though to fit it into your caloric daily accounts!

dsboohead wrote: »

kimny72 wrote: »

Ecque wrote: »

Thanks for the replies, but eating in deficit isn't just the only goal of mine. I want quality calories from highly nutritious foods that will do my body good.

You should still lose weight even if you eat KFC and Pizza Hut as long the calories are in deficit, right? But is it a good idea?

But you asked if avocados make you fat. Excess calories make you fat, regardless of what food they come from.

As far as health, if I'm understanding correctly, are you saying avocados aren't nutritious food? Why do you think that? It's a vegetable.

And there's nothing wrong with having KFC every once and awhile. You can still eat plenty of nutritious food and have some fried chicken.

No one said avocados aren't nutritious. It may be a vegetable but the body processes it as a fat.
It is highly caloric and cannot be eaten endlessly or weight gain can be expected.
Wise though to fit it into your caloric daily accounts!

I kind of thought that was what OP was getting at in their reply, but I guess I might be reading it wrong. Regardless, nothing can be eaten endlessly. Yes you have to stick to your calorie limit.

Ecque wrote: »

Thanks for the replies, but eating in deficit isn't just the only goal of mine. I want quality calories from highly nutritious foods that will do my body good.

You should still lose weight even if you eat KFC and Pizza Hut as long the calories are in deficit, right? But is it a good idea?

Not to be a smart *kitten* but I think eating kfc and Pizza Hut but staying in a calorie deficit is a better idea than being overweight/obese (which definitely has more health risks)

But no avocado won’t make you fat. It is higher in calories than some other “healthy” food though so I don’t really eat it much because I’d rather eat something else

I love avocados, and I'm not fat.

When I was eating in a deficit I found that 1/4 avocado was about the amount I could most easily fit into my daily calories. You need some healthy fats such as avocados and nuts for optimal health, just don't go overboard on the calories. WEIGH CALORIE DENSE FOODS such as avocados and log everything, and you will be fine.

No food is healthy or unhealthy except in context with other foods. Smarties candy is straight sugar and pretty much the definition of unhealthy, but when I use it to quickly raise my blood sugar while running, it's healthy for me. As a starting point, if you hit the macros MFP gives you more or less, you should be okay.

In the case of avocados, all fat has the same number of calories per gram, and your body needs a certain level of fat intake to operate. Different kinds of fats have different effects on inflammation and other processes in your body but they all have the same number of calories. Avocados, to oversimplify, have mostly good effects, so if you also like them, you might as well get the fat you need by eating some avocado. You can't replace one kind of fat with another kind with fewer calories. Fat has more calories per gram than protein or carbs, which can make it harder to lose weight if you eat too much of it, but it also triggers a feeling of satiety for many people. It may take a little work to figure out what works for you - there's no one perfect way to eat, just what works for different people.

You might want to look at the volume eaters threads for some ideas on how to fill up on low calorie foods.