I've read a lot about nutrition and have gone to many websites, they all say that your calories from fat should not account to more than 30% of your overall caloric intake for the day...but I was wondering if anyone knew what is the minimum percent one should have? I know that before when I was anorexic, I consumed almost no fat and lost my period. Now that I have put on some weight, my period has finally come back, but it is very irregular. I would like to count my fat grams to make sure I have enough to have my period. My mother says I care too much about calories and fat grams and I shouldn't spend so much time with my calculator..if I just eat normally she says everything will be fine. But I am so scared when I don't know atleast about how many cal/fat is in something! Yesterday for my aunt's birthday we went to a steak house, and I ordered a petite filet mignon..but i'm sure they used oil to cook it, so I had no idea how much I should count that as..so that's all I ate, even though I was starving later, I was afraid to eat anything else, because what if I ate over my daily number of calories? I'm scared that when I go off to college I'll go back to my old ways or lose a lot of weight out of fear to eat any of the cafeteria food.
Emilia

Going away to college and eating there can be a real challenge. Depending on where you go, lots of schools have gotten on the nutrition band-wagon. Well, at least around here (California) they have, and you can access the nutritional info on cafeteria food. My school passes out a little book with calories and all that stuff. You might also be able to ask them, and see if that information is available.

Good luck!

Wow, really? You know anything about east coast schools? Thats great...I just hope I can ask inconspicuously...well I feel better about this now...thank you
Emilia