Just wanting to know how much fat we are supposed to be consuming per day?
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Just wanting to know how much fat we are supposed to be consuming per day?
The reading I have done has said - make sure you get enough protein for your weight, make sure you don't get too many carbs depending on your goals (50-100g/day for fat loss, no more than 150g for maintenance I think), and then make up the rest of the calories with fat. I eat a lot of fat!
Ok that's great, can you remember how much protien it is for the weight ?
Then I can work out what I'm doing.
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a hard and fast rule on protein, everyone seems to advise something different. Mark Sisson says:
"At a minimum you need .5 grams of protein per pound of lean mass/per day on average to maintain your “structure”. If you are moderately active you need .7 or .8, and if you are an active athlete you need as much as 1 gram of protein per pound of lean mass." - note this is lean mass which means you need a rough idea of your body fat %. :)
From: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/definitive-guide-to-the-primal-eating-plan/ which is good reading on this subject!
Ok thats cool ive done the maths and my protein is fine ive kept my carbs between 100-50 and my fat today was 74g so looks like im doing ok
I shall keep on going as i have been
My trainer recommends 1g protein per kg you weigh?