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Originally Posted by jbarile Calories and Fat: Need a no-nonsense way to determine your daily allotment of calories and fat grams? Take your goal weight and multiply it by 11 if you’re a woman and 12 if you’re a man. So a woman who wants to weigh 140 pounds should get about 1,540 calories each day (140 x 11). Since experts recommend that 30 percent of calories should come from fat, multiply your calorie goal by .3 (30 percent) and then divide by nine (since there are nine calories in one gram of fat) to get your daily quota of fat. So the woman in this example should shoot for about 51 grams of fat.
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JBarile, I enjoyed the majority of your post very much!
It was very informative and I really appreciate your input and your enthusiasm, girlfriend!
However, personally I think the fat count is too high in the above calculation. JMO, but I try to limit fat as much as possible. Works for me, may not work for others. Maybe if you are getting your fat calories from GOOD fats such as nuts and low fat spreads, it could add up to that, but if within your fats you are eating a lot of saturateds and trans, it could be trouble.
I may not understand the calcs well because I don't do weights and measures. Pat might be able to comment on that end, she is the eating scientist in this group.
If some folks can lose weight eating almost one third of their calories in fats, more power to them. Just be careful about the kind of fats you eat.
