Thunda, I think you should do a search on the site's archives on strings containing subjects on dieting. Start by the string on "how much calory intake?". That string ran for a massive 7 pages! The information there that I supplied, is its weight worth in gold! If you read it, please go and save it somewhere or print it - the formulas in there are used by professional dieticians. Any novice b/biulder can use it and probably put a diet together and know how to change it, just as good as a registered dietician would do for you.
About fat - yes, you need to remove the visible fat from ALL your food BEFORE cooking it. Always use low/non-fat dairy if you must. The fat that we are talking about in the diet section, is the naturally occuring type, meaning embedded in between the fibres of all that healthy food you're planning to put in your diet - you cannot and should not remove it - this fat is the basis from where your body obtains its cholesterol rings, which it then uses to produce most of your steroid-like hormones. So yes - you should take fat in. For instance, 300 gram of lean(again, no visible fat) chicken breast, contains ± 84gr of protein and ± 13,5 gr of natural occuring fats.
Knowledge is power!
