[penpal]

Sounds like you are doing a lot of things right! I realize now I'll have to lower my fat intake. I'm doing fine on total calories, but the fat grams add up so quickly! I'm currently around 30-35% fat and would like to lower it to around 20%. It seems that I'm really not eating that much fat as I don't eat fried foods, etc., but my Nutridiary doesn't lie!! That's going to be my new strategy to start losing more consistently. Thanks for the tip!

[LLV]

Originally Posted by dalai_lala

I've been hoping to avoid the fish oil pills by upping my fish intake... I guess I'll give it until my next appointment and then add the pills if I am not able to quit my cholesterol med yet.

I don't mind the fish oil, but if you end up going that route, do your research. Don't take just any old fish oil out there. There are websites you can do a search for to compare brand names and quality. The purified fish oils are better.

My high triglycerides were a big concern of mine and I went out on the web and found some message boards about cholesterol issues and several people from those boards said they lowered their trigs by taking fish oil. I was like well, it can't hurt, it's supposedly good for the heart and all that anyway, so I started taking the stuff every day. Again, I don't know if it was the fish oil alone that lowered them so dramatically, but something sure did it. Trigs as high as mine were - well, put it this way, that was outrageous. Over 800. 840, to be exact. So at that point, especially since I denied taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs, I was ready to try anything.

[LLV]

Originally Posted by penpal

Sounds like you are doing a lot of things right! I realize now I'll have to lower my fat intake. I'm doing fine on total calories, but the fat grams add up so quickly! I'm currently around 30-35% fat and would like to lower it to around 20%. It seems that I'm really not eating that much fat as I don't eat fried foods, etc., but my Nutridiary doesn't lie!! That's going to be my new strategy to start losing more consistently. Thanks for the tip!

You know, it's funny, most days I don't even bother looking at my fat percentages because I already know they're going to be low. I don't struggle to eat that low in fat, that's just the way it turns out, it's simply the way I eat now. To see my fat percentages, I have to go back and check out my fitday logs because it doesn't really register in my head. The main thing I keep an eye on is my calorie count.

I've just become so accustomed to avoiding all things 'fat' that it's not a daily concern for me anymore.

[penpal]

I'm hoping to get to that point someday - when I don't have to obsess over the details! I think I'm eating low fat but at the end of the day I see just how many grams have added up. I'll just have to pay closer attention to the fat content in my food.

I've had the most success with keeping a daily calorie log than any other kind of weight control method I've tried (and believe me, I've tried them all!)

[LLV]

Originally Posted by penpal

I'm hoping to get to that point someday - when I don't have to obsess over the details! I think I'm eating low fat but at the end of the day I see just how many grams have added up. I'll just have to pay closer attention to the fat content in my food.

I've had the most success with keeping a daily calorie log than any other kind of weight control method I've tried (and believe me, I've tried them all!)

You and me both. In fact, dieting is how I got fat.