Dietary goals - fat intake?

[squeaker31 65]

I'm curious about others goals for fat intake? My NUT recently said 35g (after I hounded her for a specific #) and looking back at my MFP I'm going over that. Typically 45-55.

I eat mostly chicken and turkey for meat and low fat cheeses but it seems to add up. cheese sticks are a great portable snack but I admit I also typically have cheese at meals. I also eat nuts, not more than one serving a day.

I guess I don't know how big of a deal it is if I'm hitting my calorie goals, but am I sabotaging myself with fat intake? Does anyone just do low carb and not count fat?

[Bufflehead 6,358]

Personally I think that as long as you are hitting your goals for calories and are avoiding trans fats, that counting fat grams is not that important. There has even been some work showing that eating a diet higher in fat leads to more weight loss.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0708681

[squeaker31 65]

Interesting link. It is a little confusing, there's not much consensus in the "regular" dieting world so why is there one "right" plan after surgery?

I suppose they can show their plan works and keep it simple.