I used a chart from the American Heart Association to gauge the number of calories I should be consuming daily (I’ll be more accurate with this calorie count during a future monthly challenge.) to help determine my daily fiber goal.
As an active male between the ages of 19 and 30, I should be consuming 3,000 calories per day. Using a rule of thumb provided by the Institute of Medicine (14 grams of fiber for every 1,000 calories consumed), I should be eating 42 grams daily.
I am aware that I currently don’t eat that many calories daily, but do not want to drastically change the diet that is working for me now, so I’ll aim for 35 – 39 grams of fiber daily (2,500 – 2,800 calories consumed). This also more closely matches the high-end recommendation of the American Dietetic Association’s daily fiber intake (20 – 35 grams).
Week of Loss - June 26
13 years ago
5 comments:
I really feel sorry for anyone around you this month. You hadn't even started hitting the fiber hard core and you smelled up my house, and your house in a matter of minutes. Good luck in your classroom!
A-har-de-har, har. We don't need to go into the Peanut Butter Cup chocolate you smeared into my sofa, do we?
Doing the first day of this fiber challenge let me see just how tough it may be to get the 30-40 grams daily. I'm going to have to pay close attention to the food choices I make. 33.4 grams fiber today - so right in line with the challenge, but just under where I am shooting. I'll work on it.
So I dropped some chocolate crumbs and smeared them into your couch with my butt. Bid deal. It smelled like you crapped your pants in my house!
Enough.
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