[Jan B]

By very high fat . . . . I don't actually count grams but my WAG is from 40-60 grams daily. I need to really count to know (which I will start). I'd always heard we don't need more than 25 grams of fat per day.

For many years, it was stuck in my head that fat makes you fat, so I avoided it like the plague. However, once in a while I'd eat more fat and lose weight, which seemed strange. The last 3 months I actually proved to myself that fat does not make you fat, since I actually lost weight eating more fat and lots fewer carbs. Good Calories Bad Calories is a very good book by Gary Taubes I would suggest anyone read who thinks fat makes you fat, and who wants to understand the low-fat mantra that is preached. (Not getting the link posted.)

I also have a friend down the street trying hard to lose weight, and she has plateaued with 60 lbs. left to go. Her house is full of no-fat everything and tons of little "1 point" 15 carb snacks. I do know a few people who have experienced adding fat, reducing carbs and it's so cool watching the light turn on to a little more truth that fat (in general -- I know there are different types of fats) is not the enemy!