Ive decided to go with an idea I read about in Susan Powters Stop the insanity book and eat under 30% fat. I looked at my diet, looked at some foods I like and figured I could happily live with limiting my calories from fat to 20%. How do you figure out the calories from fat? Its actually easier than it seems. Go grab any food from your pantry or fridge- take the fat grams and multiply it by 9. Got that number? now divide that by the calories in the serving thats your percentage of calories from fat. Did I lose you? I had to read it half a dozen times to process it. Numbers arent my strong point. So here are a couple of examples of foods I eat very often:Lenders 100% whole wheat pre-sliced bagels 270 calories 1.5g of fat

1.5g of fat x 9=13.5        13.5/270 =0.05 which means only 5% of the calories are from fat! WOO!

safeway chunky style spaghetti sauce 1.2cup 80 calories 2g of fat

2×9=18       18/80=.225 which means 22.5% of calories from fat I love me some pasta so I let this one squeek by-the noodles help redeem the sauce

spaghetti noodles-Barilla brand 2oz uncooked 200 calories 1 g of fat

1×9=9      9/200=.045 or 4.5% of calories come from fat! yay!

hillshire farms deli select Pastrami 7 slices 60 calories 1 gram of fat

1×9=9      9/60=.15 15% of these calories come from fat!

Lean Cuisine Butternut Squash ravioli (OMG this is SO good)  350 calories 9 grams of fat per container

9×9=81    81/350=.23 23% of these calories come from fat I let this one slip by because its seriously yummy!

I love peanut butter, but these days Im avoiding it.

skippy creamy peanut butter   2tbs 190 calories 16g of fat

16X9=144      144/190=.757 ouch 75.7% of the calories come from fat.

Posted by Shelley in Nutrition on February 15th, 2007 |