Fat Grams...Limit to how many?

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Craig98203
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Fat Grams...Limit to how many?

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goal is to reduce weight from 240 to 180. I am eating healthy and limiting carbs to no more than 100 grams per day. I am also exercising daily.

question is this...how many grams of good fat should I limit diet to each day? I'm monitoring daily intakes and this information would be helpful. Thanks in advance!
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1 - your starting calories intake should be about 12 x bw in pds so 12 x 240 = 2882

2 - of your 2882, start at 1g of protein per pd of bw = 240g/day or 1680cals

3 - start carbs at 150g day i'd say or 600cals (2280 total cal's so far)

4 - now simply make up the rest of your cal's with healthy fats which is 602cals or 67g

now every 2 weeks decrease carbs slightly and add those cal's back by increasing fats/protein evenly each
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Post by Craig98203 »

swanso5 wrote:1 - your starting calories intake should be about 12 x bw in pds so 12 x 240 = 2882

2 - of your 2882, start at 1g of protein per pd of bw = 240g/day or 1680cals

3 - start carbs at 150g day i'd say or 600cals (2280 total cal's so far)

4 - now simply make up the rest of your cal's with healthy fats which is 602cals or 67g

now every 2 weeks decrease carbs slightly and add those cal's back by increasing fats/protein evenly each
Thanks!
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Try not to exceed 20g Saturates a day.
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