Fat Recommendation (was Trader Joe's Soy Chorizo)

[Guest guest]

, " Mary E. Cotter " <mec wrote:

>

> I'm not sure how you are calculating, but try it this way: fat calories

> shoudl comprise no more than 10% of total calories per day. So if he is

> on a 2,000 calorie/day diet, he should not be eating more than 200

> calories of fat, including the calories of fat that are already in

> the foods he is eating. At 9 calories/gram, that's about 22 grams of

> fat/day.

>

 

I used a calorie need calculator online, putting in his height, weight, sex,

age, and degree of exercise. It came up with 3000 calories a day, which is

consistent with a rule of thumb I once read of multiplying your weight by 15

(assuming an average amount of exercise). I think a 2000 calories per day

wouldn't be enough for him. If his needs are 3000 calories a day, 10% would be

33 grams of fat.

 

I've now looked at other calculators and they all come up with a figure around

3000 for him. Now my calorie needs according to these sites are about 2000, but

I weigh 90 pounds less than he does ...

 

Diane