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Originally Posted by MasterD  I have been doing this trial too and have not been so strict with the 10% fat rule, but that was pretty unconscious. I added one avocado to my salad and snacked on a few pumpkin and sunflower seeds. Turned out that my caloric fat ratio was 30%. I felt miserable for the last 10 days. Really. I still do. But yesterday I calculated the caloric ratios and this was a big eye opener to me, so I am going for a few fat free days and see what kind of difference it will make. I will keep you posted since this may be pretty interesting. |
I'd love to hear how it goes for you.
It's so easy to overeat fat on this diet. If you eat nothing but fresh fruit and some veggies, you'll get about 5% of calories from fat automatically. So that only gives you another 5% from overt sources if you want to stay below 10%. On a 2,000 calorie diet, that's roughly an extra 11 grams of fat, which is like 1/3 of an avocado (or 1/2 of a small one). It's also less than an ounce of nuts.
So if you snack on nuts here and there, eat an avocado, or even use a little oil now and then, you can easily get 30% of your calories from fat without realizing it.
The average American, by the way, gets about 42% of their calories from fat, 42% from carbs, and 16% from protein.