How much fat are you eating daily?

julieh391
julieh391 Posts: 683 Member
edited December 18 in Health and Weight Loss
My daily fat is set at 41g, and after eating mostly fruits and veggies, a tiny bit of olive oil, a luna bar, and 1/2C of sesame sticks I'm over for the day. Dinner hasn't even come yet! I don't even want to think about how much fat I was eating before starting MFP. :/ How much fat are you eating?
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  • Drastiic
    Drastiic Posts: 322 Member
    85 grams or so. I'm basing that off 0.7g/LBM lb
  • mallory3411
    mallory3411 Posts: 839 Member
    I wouldn't worry too much if you go over as long as it's healthy fats. Your body needs fat to function. Olive oils, nuts etc are healthy fats that I wouldn't worry about as much.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    about 80g
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    75/80 grams daily, I eat loads of full fat dairy. :smile:
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    looks like around 60-100g
  • TrophyWifeSass
    TrophyWifeSass Posts: 490 Member
    40% protein, 30% Carbs and 30% Fat. Had a yummy avocado with breakfast. Fat is not the enemy. Food is not the enemy.
  • carld256
    carld256 Posts: 855 Member
    20 to 40, though I try to stay at the low end of that range.
  • badgerbadger1
    badgerbadger1 Posts: 954 Member
    I shoot for a minimum of 50g
  • JadedSouls
    JadedSouls Posts: 136 Member
    Mine says 59 here.. sometimes I'm under it, sometimes I'm slightly over it..
  • tophat1
    tophat1 Posts: 19
    60-80 grams, mostly healthy fats like avocado, nuts or nut butters, olive oil
  • Justjoshin
    Justjoshin Posts: 999 Member
    About 90-100 grams
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    60-80 grams, mostly healthy fats like avocado, nuts or nut butters, olive oil

    Same here. Also coconut oil and flax seeds. I'm a vegetarian who doesn't eat a ton of dairy or egg, so I generally have to add fat to my meals, rather than reduce it.

    I don't want to tell you what to eat or not to eat, but the sesame sticks are not helping if you're trying to watch fat intake. I mean they are undoubtedly delicious and I don't advocate completely cutting off food you love, but aren't they just a fried dough mixed with sesame seeds?
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    At least 50, but more like 100.
  • littlecaponey2
    littlecaponey2 Posts: 143 Member
    Bump! I'm interested in this because it was pointed out to me that my fat intake is too low. I think I am around 20-30mg a day.
  • castlerobber
    castlerobber Posts: 528 Member
    100g to 120g a day. But I'm low-carbing, keeping carbs in the 20g to 50g range. (There's type 2 diabetes in my family, and I don't want to go there.)
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    50-100g usually. Depends on the day.
  • cbirdso
    cbirdso Posts: 465 Member
    Average between 60 to 95 grams per day.
  • thinclo
    thinclo Posts: 164 Member
    about 50g. If it starts dipping much lower I stop losing weight! I get most of mine from olive oil, nuts, eggs, advocados lower fat cheeses and tofu :)
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    I try to keep it under 100.
  • robot_potato
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
    My goal is 53 grams, but if they are healthy fats i don't mind going over.
  • Sp1nGoddess
    Sp1nGoddess Posts: 1,134 Member
    I eat about 90 grams of fat and try to keep my carbs at or below 80 grams. I don't worry about it too much but I really try to get in all of my protein.
  • Hernandeak11
    Hernandeak11 Posts: 351 Member
    50-70g!
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    Fat is usually 25-30% of my total calories. The number of grams that works out to depends on how active I am on any given day - it's usually in 90-115g range.
  • Yes2HealthyAriel
    Yes2HealthyAriel Posts: 453 Member
    on average between 20-30 grams a day. Try eating more veggies, it helps
  • StephC74
    StephC74 Posts: 64 Member
    MFP has me set at 66g per day. Looking over my diary it looks like I usually eat between 40-90 grams depending on the day. There were a couple of pizza and lasagne days where I hit 100 grams but usually if I know I'm going to be eating foods with lots of cheese for dinner I try to keep breakfast and lunch lower in fat.
  • odonogc
    odonogc Posts: 223 Member
    5o to 60 grams. I don't worry about fats too much, because I know I only eat healthy ones for the most part. When I was trying to lose, I worried more about keeping my carbs down.
  • oOoMicheleoOo
    oOoMicheleoOo Posts: 139 Member
    about 50g. If it starts dipping much lower I stop losing weight! I get most of mine from olive oil, nuts, eggs, advocados lower fat cheeses and tofu :)

    i am wondering if this is why I don't seem to lose any weight. My fat is at 40 but most days I don't even get to 30. This I have just noticed.

    I am wondering that if I up my intake a tad then this may help weight loss ? perhaps ? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

    :o)
  • rmartin72
    rmartin72 Posts: 1,085 Member
    40% protein, 30% Carbs and 30% Fat. Had a yummy avocado with breakfast. Fat is not the enemy. Food is not the enemy.

    How did you come up with the percentage of what to eat of Protein and Carbs and Fat?
  • 17DayDietGal
    17DayDietGal Posts: 27 Member
    Here's a calculator from the University of Maryland on fat intake; it's for normal eating, not dieting, but at least gives you a jumping-off point on figuring out what you should set as your realistic goal:

    http://www.healthcalculators.org/calculators/fat.asp
  • dipsl19
    dipsl19 Posts: 317 Member
    healthy fat is good for you. i track saturated instead :)
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