how much fat should i have in my diet?

[justbecause]

i am semi-educated on what to eat to maintain a good weight gaining/muscle building diet. Im just a little confused on how much fat and calories i should have in my daily diet Any info would be great! Oh yea and i am 5' 8" and weigh 155.

 

[BigDyl]

I think it depends on your goals...

 

[justbecause]

Well im enlisted in the marines and i leave July 10th and my main goal is to get bigger, stronger and faster by then. I just want to have considerable gains in strength, size and stamina. I'm consuming a little over 200 grams of protein a day and I'm just not sure about calories and fats. Ive been making the mistake of trying not to eat a lot of fats in my diet, but since reading a lot of posts i see i have been making a HUGE mistake. Just trying to get a little more info before i progress any further.

 

[LAM]

I wouldn't go less than 20%. 25-35% is a good range to aim for

 

[justbecause]

haha im a newb! 25%-30% of what?

 

[kenwood]

you weigh just as much as me well i may weigh a couple lbs more but still i'm bulking and i trie to have about 60-75g of fat spread out in 6 meals though so about 12-15 in each i have

 

[GFR]

haha im a newb! 25%-30% of what?

25-35% of your total calories
so a 3000 cal diet would be
83-116 grams of fat......
I think 85-100 is plenty

 

[LAM]

haha im a newb! 25%-30% of what?

percent of calories from fats. usually you will see diets that say 40/40/20, etc. which means 40% of cals from proteins, 40% of cals from carbs and 20% of cals from fats

 

[BigDyl]

Oh' knowledgable LAM, why are so many myths believed? Why do people always seem to start off on the wrong track?

 

[justbecause]

Thanks all of you! Now i can protect yalls ass's when im in iraq! See what hiddin benifits you get from helping someone out... you dont get a 747 slammed into your house!

 

[GFR]

Thanks all of you! Now i can protect yalls ass's when im in iraq! See what hiddin benifits you get from helping someone out... you dont get a 747 slammed into your house!

 

[justbecause]

hah why so confused foreman?

 

[kenwood]

whats a 747?

 

[GFR]

hah why so confused foreman?

Because of your naive comment

 

[Emma-Leigh]

i am semi-educated on what to eat to maintain a good weight gaining/muscle building diet. Im just a little confused on how much fat and calories i should have in my daily diet Any info would be great! Oh yea and i am 5' 8" and weigh 155.

No one can tell you how many calories you should eat - this is variable depending on your metabolism, your activity, your goals, your hormones etc etc...

In terms of fat - this is variable too. There is no 'upper limit' as to what you should eat, but I usually suggest a MINIMUM intake of ~0.3g lean mass for strict cutting (if you are doing lower fat).

For maintainence I suggest ~0.4g/total weight.

 

[justbecause]

a 747 is a big ass plane

 

[grant]

Thanks all of you! Now i can protect yalls ass's when im in iraq! See what hiddin benifits you get from helping someone out... you dont get a 747 slammed into your house!

Are you kidding me?