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Originally Posted by ElleH
Maybe that was always my problem on PP/Atkins, I wanted to eat high protein AND high fat.
I'm actually experimenting with higher protein (100g a day instead of my protein minimum of 70g per the old PP method) and the least *added* fat I can get away with, and about 30g a day of "full carbs." Any fat *inside* the food, I don't worry about. Too soon to say whether or not it's helping me lose this vacation weight...but I feel pretty satisfied so far.
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This is a great thread Elle - thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Um, as you know, I had to cut out dairy. So that meant no butter either. Suddenly, there was no blue cheese dressing, no ranch dressing, no cheese, no heavy cream. I allowed myself things like a couple of tablespoons of toasted natural almond slices on my salads, or 1/4 of a sliced up avocado with my eggs or what have you to sort of 'compensate', since I guess I was just feeling sorry for myself without the dairy.
The weight loss really picked up pace ...and like you, I don't worry about the fat inside real foods. The fat in a piece of meat, some egg, some fish, nuts or even avocadoes. These foods just don't seem to stall me.
At most, I'll occasionally put a tiny bit of olive oil onto some asparagus spears before roasting them in the oven....but there's no butter or any kind of dressing added. And the food tastes great!
It just occurred to me that this could easily be interpreted as a question of a 'whole foods' approach vs. trying to 'add fat' to one's diet.
I really like your approach to not worrying about 'the fat in the food'. That's what I've been doing too. I just don't add a bunch of stuff to things to bump up the fat. I don't really see a need for this. Not avoiding fats at all, just not adding things on that aren't there in the first place.
This is getting kind of paleo-ish, don't you think?