April still needs help with number of grams for Protein & Fat...

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***Hi April

I went back and looked at your original post, which began:

>>I'm increasing my fat intake so I can get to a good protein/fat ratio but I'm

not sure if I've got the numbers right.

Yesterday I had 8 tablespoons of fat, 4 oz of chicken, 4 oz of shrimp and 1 egg

drink (2 eggs) for protein. Fats came to 136g, protein was 76g and veggies came

to only 35g of carb. Because of my height I should only have had 68g of protein

(and aiming for 170 g of fat).<<

If this is your question, then you want to follow the grams allowed (not being

concerned with percentages) as per the ratios for you and me (5'6 " ):

68 grams of protein

170 to 238 grams of fats

54 grams of carbs

But...I thought you were trying to figure out how much protein to have if you

lowered your fat intake temporarily. You wrote:

>If I reduce fats to slow down the detoxing, then I should have even less

protein than that? With say 4 Tbsp of fat, would I be able to have something

like 1 piece of chicken and 1 egg for the whole day? I think I'll be really

hungry on only that amount of protein. I don't know if I'm figuring this out

correctly.<

I think that is where Bee's first response came in:

>>+++20% protein to 60% fat is in calories, so you could enter only meats, eggs

and fats into fitday.com and then scroll down and look at the calorie pie chart,

which will indicate the percentages.<<

Let's assume she did not mean 60% fat but higher, like 70-80%.

I would enter as much fat as you plan on taking in a day then start entering

your protein till the percentages (yes, no longer looking at grams) are in line

w/what Bee is suggesting (20/80). Then, to keep you from being hungry, add in

those veggies.

I don't know that I can tell you to eat the full 10 cups of veggies, tho!

Let's see what Bee says...

, moderator

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From: april

Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:39 AM

Subject: figuring out right amount of protein and fat

Hello ,

I'm glad you replied to my question, that means someone understands what I'm

asking and I didn't get my numbers all wrong LOL.

If I use fitday to enter protein and then work out 60% of fat, it tells me I

need under 100g of fat, not 170g.

I have to choose either 60% at 100 grams, OR 80% at 170 grams, they can't both

work.

Thanks ,

I hope we get tot he bottom of this!

April