No, Tootse, it isn't easy - we've all been brainwashed into thinking "evil fat". I remember the struggle I had trying to get the first bite of pork chop
with fat into my mouth!
Take it steadily. You don't need to gorge on fat, just not cut it out. A handful of nuts has good fats (I totally agree about portion control with nuts - I try not to eat them too often!). A couple of pieces of cheese every day - Atkins says no more than 4 ounces per day. A knob of butter on your hot veg. I eat a two-egg omelette every morning for breakfast, cooked with butter.
Fat and protein does make you feel fuller. Yesterday I had my omelette, an avocado with a bit of dressing for lunch, and for supper leeks, courgette & mushrooms with chicken, oven-cooked with some oil & butter and served with a splash of cream, for supper. I doubt if I had more than 1200 calories all day, and not a single hunger pang!
A good tip is to drink water. I try to drink 2 litres a day - I fill a 2-litre jug in the morning and try to make sure it's finished by bed-time. Take a litre bottle to work and have a drink every time you fancy a snack. It does help. And try the snacks I suggested to have - a cheese cube and a radish work wonders!
Hi all.
This is exactly what I do and follow - it so DOES work for me !!!
It takes time to experiment and find what you enjoy with own food taste(s) and what is helping "keep"
your BG levels down and the weight holds steady.
With my morning coffee at 11am I simply have an hard boiled egg plus thin slice of ham pre-lunch !
Its protein plus a tasty nibble I enjoy ...
I drink lots of sugar free vimto with filtered water diluted really weakly, this trick fills me up plus it flushes
any built up glucose out of my system.
Anna.