Originally Posted by deirdra

Not eating enough fat caused most of my diet failures & binging after "being perfect" while following Pritikin, MacDougall etc. for weeks or months at a time. Even when I first started Protein Power I was limiting fat out of habit (if SAD at ~35% fat makes people fat, then under 30%, 20%, 10% must be better). After a few years of LCHF (at ~5% net carbs, 20-25% protein, 70-75% calories from fat) I plateaued & gained some Covid pounds. Nudging slowly on Optimising Nutrition, my sweet spot now is ~10% net carbs, 40% protein, 50% calories from fat ... which is still horrifyingly high fat in the minds of nutritionists. Yet I am getting >RDA in all vitamins & minerals, more protein and complete satiety on two meals a day and building muscle on fewer calories. Actually if I divide my actual fat calories by the recommended calorie intake for a carby "healthy" diet for someone my age & height, it would be "only" ~33% fat, but with grocery prices so high, once I've met my optimal nutrients for the day on less food, why would I want to pay for and consume 500 extra empty calories that would just make me fat and deplete my bank account?