... although I would never say "pig out"! I say this as someone with a very hearty appetite and well functioning hunger signals!

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Thank goodness for the new theories of weight loss and gain,that I had access to because of the internet, and this DCUK. And a fabulous free library when I was newly diagnosed.
I will just pop in my 2 cents worth - a law of physics does not apply to nutrition and the human body (or any mammal's I would add) because the central idea that ' a calorie is just a calorie' regardless of the food or drink the energy comes from (which is coca cola's argument), does not account for the fact that our bodies deal with different macronutrients differently.
Which is central to this thead - ie how to lose weight best, I take it, in order to achieve remission, or at least get a shot at it. (I did in fact get a shot at it.)
Many of us here in this Forum, particularly those of us who have indeed lost a lot of weight, and kept it off, and kept abreast of the theories of weight gain and loss, as type two diabetics, or originally diagnosed as such, say, and keep saying - the new theories say our bodies deal with fat and protein in a significantly different way to carbs, or excess carbs if you like.
And yeah - there are gorgeous graphics indicating this. Especially, perhaps, with a type two diagnosis your body has proven, shall we say, to have an excess carb intolerance - always in the presence of fats - needing to eat healthy fats is a given. And this means that we will respond wonderfully to limiting or at least dropping those carbs. So the theory goes. And one's fat storage pathway is highly indicative of excess carb intolerance - ie one puts fat on majorly around the digestive organs - the gut, the belly, the tummy etc etc. And, most of all - if you get metabolically sick. Too many too sick fat cells for your body type. (The sick fat cell theory and type two is very convincing. The scientists behind this talk of is as a fact - take a look online....).
The new (old) theories of weight gain indicate, if you are dairy tolerant, it's the bread and crackers, especially the new ultra processed food bread and crackers, that folks eat the cheese with that is causing the weight gain problems - not the limited amount of cheese the average Jill and Joe can possibly eat! (Fats and protein are very filling, as a rule, I thought....)
Certainly is my own experience. The late 70s nutritional advice did horrors to my own metabolism, and I am not alone. Eat less animal fats, way less, eat lots of starchy veg and oh yes - eat lots of bread. Lots of high fibre crackers. Lots and lots and lots of bread. (And bread was such a lovely comfort food.) Oh yes - and sugar is a plant, right? So it can't be toxic in too high doses. Yeah, right.