Calling all people who indulge in high fat

I know for men in particular going any lower than around 30 grams of fat a day is terrible, and it's at this point where men will start having issues with their testosterone levels. So obviously for women going much lower would have similar bad side effects. I typically calculate mine by taking my bodyweight and using 35% of it as my daily fat intake. For example, I weight right around 172-73 lbs right now so if I take my bodyweight and multiply it by .35 the end result is right around where I want my fat intake to be for the day. (173x.35= ~61 grams) and I believe mine sit around 65g for the day out of personal preference. As far as what are good fats, FISH OIL number one, other than that any type of nuts, fats from meat are fine peanut butter etc.

What fat count do I aim for? Usually 80-100 grams. Sometimes it's higher and sometimes it's lower. Do I have a maximum? No, but it's so much harder to overeat fat than it is to overeat carbs. Or combinations of the two. I could eat six donuts if I wanted to, but anything more than a tablespoon or two of butter isn't something I could personally stomach. As for my favorite sources, hmm... anything natural. Chicken with the skin on (yum... or turkey), ribeye, coconut oil, pecans (mmm...) and of course, butter!

Those who are watching their fat intake to make sure it's high enough....

****If you opt for a low fat lifestyle, that's great, us high fat eaters like it this way, no fat debate here please***


1. What is the minimum grams of fat you aim for each day?

2. Do you have a maximum you try not to go over, or is that irrelevant to you?

3. Which fat source is your favorite?

1. 67g - that's based on 30% of intake, before exercise. (I've lost perspective here.. is that considered "high"?)

2. Not really

3. Peanut butter or cheese

1) I have my fat set to 35% of my calories which gives me 109g before exercise - I don't see this as a minimum though, just a goal that I should be around. Today I got 94g but usually have 100-120 depending on exercise. I don't really think of a minimum but I suppose I wouldn't like to be under 70g.

2) Don't really have one but I try not to go too far over any of my goals, so I suppose it would be around 20g over my goal, <10g desirable.

3) Usually I get most of my fat from red meat, olive oil, butter/margarine, eggs and cheese.

any reason for trying to get to 200g fat?

I had tried for ages to get to 400g of carbs with relatively low fat on workout days and that was quite a mission. (low fat being about 90g or less)

3. I prefer it from the fat drippigs from red meat and coconut oil. Not a big butter eater, dont know why.

Oh wait, probably because I've never tasted Kerrygold butter...haha
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^Yup! OMG.

I eat between 1200 and 1600 calories a day and I aim for 30-50 grams of fat. If I'm over that's fine as long as I'm not consistently over in my calories.

Occasionally I'll have eggs with three whites and only one yolk to save on calories when I find I need a bit more protein but not extra fat and calories, but only if I think I'm going to go over on my overall calories.

My favorite sources for fat are nuts, extra virgin Lebanese olive oil, sesame tahini, cheese and avocados

I also love love love chicken skin and I'll bake up some chicken thighs with skin on once or twice a month as a treat, but mostly I try to get the majority of my fat from plant sources.

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Those who are watching their fat intake to make sure it's high enough....

****If you opt for a low fat lifestyle, that's great, us high fat eaters like it this way, no fat debate here please***


1. What is the minimum grams of fat you aim for each day?

2. Do you have a maximum you try not to go over, or is that irrelevant to you?

3. Which fat source is your favorite?

1. 70% or higher, which equates to 130 grams or more.

2. No, the more fat I eat, the better I feel and no cravings.

3. Coconut Oil, bacon fat, home rendered beef tallow and my new found love of avocados.