Re: Re: fats??2

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If you are concerned about the fats...why not cut out a serving of nuts and have

some celery as a snack or another veggie?

MB

Re: fats??2

Well, thanks again. I wish I'd come to the website and seen this earlier --

before my 5:30

p.m. snack of walnuts, I now have about 1103 calories, 553 of which are in

fats, or 50

percent, and 59 grams. The walnuts accounted for 18 grams worth, or 185

calories. I

copied the post in which you gave me the citation for the article you posted .

.. , but wasn't

able to get to it., I was looking around the site for it tonight, and didn't

find it. Sorry to

be such a ditz, but I guess you're used to that in me by now. So, where do I

find it, again?

So, if you have too many mono and polyunsaturated fats, what happens to your

HDL? I

know what must happen to your tummy! Oooh. . . I feel so full and fat!

Still, being under

1200 calories -- if I'm spending MORE than 1200, which I am --theoretically I

would lose

anyway. In the end, the body breaks down everything into sugar/energy,

anyway. Even

fat, which takes longer than sugars. So, I'm not sure why the percentages

matter, apart

from making you hungry or not, but I know they do. The fats were: ricotta, 10

gms; flax

seed meal, 13 gms., walnuts, 18 gm., chicken, 4.

Well, tomorrow's another day.

I gained a few years ago on when I tried Atkins. I hope that doesn't happen

now. By

monitoring the percentages and calories on Fitday, hopefully I'll head that

off before it

starts. But I do like not being hungry or having cravings.

Annie

>

> Ann,

>

> The RDA for fats is 40 grams per day on a 1200 calorie diet, which is

> 30% of the total calories. That article I posted the link to said to

> eat 30% of your calories in fat, as well, and said to be sure you

> don't ever go below 20-25% of your calories in fat or your HDL will

> go down.

>

> ann

>

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