too much fat a day?

rissa1322 -
Girl...your fat intake content is MUCH better than mine. I'm being told to intake 76 grams a day. I guess that's what comes w/ being a "big" girl. LOL! Naah, but I too agree, the 76 grams I am being told to intake seems like it's too much. Since joining the website on 10/22, I don't think I've actually consumed the amount of fat that I'm being told to.

Fat isn't as bad as it sounds. Here is a great article on what fat does when it enters the body.
http://www.sideroad.com/Weight_Loss/fat-saturated-unsaturated.html

Remember, if you eat relatively healthy most of the fat you intake will be the good fatty acids that you need to build a healthy body (omega 3 and 6) or the harmless fat (omega 9), also fat gives things flavor, and makes you feel full so you don't feel hungry all day. Just remeber that the above site says you should have 30-40 g of fat per day, that's a generalization based on being in very good health and, I will assume, you are female. I.E. I am 6'2" and my doctor recommends 55g of good fat for me (this site says 76, go figure) All in all, you stay within 10 - 15 grams of the recommended fat a day and try to make 80% of that polyunsaturated fat and you will be fine. Also, 1 or 2 bad days a month won't kill you and may just help kill any cravings you have so keep that in mind.

Here's what I've consumed daily so far this week. However, I've started to noticed hte the fat intake calories vary from day to day. And also has to do w/ your excercise also.

10/22 - 33 grams
10/23 - 31 grams
10/24 - 25 grams
10/25 (so far) - 13 grams

As of today, I haven't noticed a difference. I do know that I'm starting to become more "regular" (I'm pretty sure you know what I mean by that) though. I plan on weighing in tomorrow...so I will let ya know what the outcome is.

Naj