Does anyone here do a low fat diet? If so, would you mind to tell me what you do and do not eat?
TIA!!

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Proteins

Chicken breast
Turkey breast
Lean ground turkey
Swordfish
Orange roughy
Haddock
Salmon
Tuna
Crab
Lobster
Shrimp
Top round steak
Top sirloin steak
Lean ground beef
Buffalo
Lean ham
Egg whites or substitutes
Trout
Low-fat cottage cheese
Wild-game meat

Vegetables

Broccoli
Asparagus
Lettuce
Carrots
Cauliflower
Green beans
Green peppers
Mushrooms
Spinach
Tomato
Peas
Brussels sprouts
Artichoke
Cabbage
Celery
Zucchini
Cucumber
Onion

Fats

Avocado
Sunflower seeds
Pumpkin seeds
Cold-water fish
Natural peanut butter
Low-fat cheese
Low-fat salad dressing
Low-sodium nuts
Olives and olive oil
Safflower oil
Canola oil
Sunflower oil
Flax seed oil
Carbohydrates

Baked potato
Sweet potato
Yams
Squash
Pumpkin
Steamed brown rice
Steamed wild rice
Pasta
Oatmeal
Barley
Beans
Kidney beans
Corn
Strawberries
Melon
Apple
Orange
Fat-free yogurt
Whole-wheat bread
High-fiber cereal
Rice cake
Popcorn
Tortilla
Whole grains

Vegetarian Proteins

Tempeh
Seitan
Tofu
Texturized vegetable protein
Soy foods
Veggie burgers

Yup, about the easiest first steps are to pitch your egg yolks, switch to low fat dressing and stop adding fats like butter on toast and in frying.

Vegetables, oatmeal, fish and chicken are naturally low fat.

Thank you!!
Now that I have that down, what would be a good snack?
TIA!!
Have a great weekend!!

Tuna and melba toast, lf cottage cheese and berries, a little whole grain bun with salmon ...

Fat free fig newtons, or angel food cake if you are a sweet tooth. I have pancreatitus and am on 35 grams a day. These are my favorite sweet snacks. Also Weight watchers does great frozen deserts.
Tara

For breakfast I usually eat a bowl of Kashi "Go Lean Crunch" cereal with skim milk, or oatmeal. For lunch I usually spread a triangle of "Laughing Cow" light swiss on 2 pieces of high fiber bread ( I like Sara Lee Whole wheat with honey) then add some sliced turkey breast, lettuce, tomato and cucumber. No mayo or anything. It's very good and filling. Also sometimes eat Lean Pocket Chicken Quesadilla or frozen WW meal or lean Cuisine (I like WW mac and cheese, or LC fett. alfredo). For dinner I eat a lot of Chicken breast meat, usually marinated and grilled (theres these packets of garlic wine and herb seasoning I get at grocery store, not sure of brand, add water, olive oil and vinegar - very good), or pork chops. sometimes cut up chicken over salad. Things to add to meals or snacks - I love baked beans warmed, or pork and beans cold, yogurt (yoplait light), eating lots of fresh fruit (watermelon, grapes, cantaloupe, pineapple, oranges, apples (with peanut butter is great snack). I live to cut up veggies like zucchini, green, yellow and red pepper, tomatoes, red onion, carrot. spray 9X13 pan with Pam, layer veggies sprinkle with some spices like oregano, basil, Italian spices, maybe a little bit of lemon juice, sprinkle some low fat mozz. cheese or parm. cheese on top, bake about 30 min, MMMMmmm good. WW also makes good choc toffee ice cream bars that are low in fat. Hope that helps!! --gina

Butter is the hardest fat for me to limit. I use Brummel & Brown instead, though I limit even that. Using olive oil or canola oil instead of other oils and limiting the amounts works for sauteeing things, and if I need more oil, a small amount of water does the trick.

There are low-fat versions of things like sour cream and cream cheese, and sometimes no-fat yogurt works just as well.

If you must have cheese (I must!), grating a smaller amount over whatever you're putting it in lets you use a little to go a long way.

For low-fat snacks:
fresh fruit
no-fat frozen yogurt
certain crackers (read the labels)
popcorn
veggies in bean dips

There are lots of low-fat cookbooks out there with low-fat versions of baked goods -- not for every day snacking, I don't think, but for now and then.

If you focus your meals more on vegs than on meats, you'll have more room for fats in your snacks. Or vice versa, so you can get in some of the foods you don't want to give up completely.