How much fat?

I need a little help. How much fat should we be eating in our daily meals? I'll take it in grams or percentages. I'm still trying to lose weight, have 45 pounds left to go. Thanks for all your help. Wendy

I do 10% because of vitamin def. Darlene

Thanks Darlene, I've been running around 30% and I thought it might be too much. Wendy

Hi Wendy, At 15 months out, I still try to stick to the original fat goal my Nut gave me from the very beginning...Look at the food label, on the top line left it says calories and on the same line, right calories from fat - multiply this the calories from fat # by 3, if it is less than or equal to the calories than the amount of fat is good and I can eat this food without feeling I'm getting too much fat...My nut said if I could follow this rule 90% of the time and do moderate exercise ( I do 1 hour of water aerobics 3 times a week and take my dogs for a walk when I can find time), then I would burn the fat in my body before losing muscle and would be following the national food guidelines for what is considered an acceptable amount of fat intake daily...I guess I have to believe her, I made it to goal & beyond and my body fat is running 22%, when I had my panni removal the surgeon commented that he basically removed only skin since I had no extra fat in my abdomen... Alesia

Alesia, Thanks for responding. This is so helpful....so it needs to be 30% or less. I guess that's where I had in my mind, around 30%, came from. Sometime or another, I had learned that, but I forget about as much as I learn.........age can be a terrible thing! Haha.. Wendy

Alesia thanks for explaining this. I had no idea you could do it this easy.Not being sure how to determine it I basically avoided fat unless it was dressing, margarine cheese, cream cheese and that were lowfat and not very often. When I had my TT/butt lift, I was told the same and my surgeon, he commented on how fit and toned I was. I had been using Pilates for 6 years now. Again thanks for the explanation.

Hey, Wendy. I'm following guidelines that I found for someone who is moderately active, which suggests the following composition of calories: 40% calories from carbs (try to get half of that from whole grains) 30% calories from protein 30% calories from fat If you're aiming for 1,200 calories per day, that works out to: 480 calories from carbs (120 grams) 360 calories from protein (90 grams) 360 calories from fat (40 grams) If you're aiming for 1,000 calories per day, that works out to: 400 calories from carbs (100 grams) 300 calories from protein (75 grams) 300 calories from fat (33 grams)

Kellie, I think you're right on, these are great guidelines. Thanks for your input. Wendy