Role of dietary fat in dieting

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  • Bluetail6
    Bluetail6 Posts: 2,985 Member
    What a great thread!!
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    GrumpyHeadmistress wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Peanut butter is my favourite delicious fat source :+1:
    I hear it's very yummy but sadly I don't like peanuts.

    Maybe try almond butter? I like it way better than peanut butter. Maybe cashew butter too. Only thing is they are more expensive than peanut butter. One thing that bumps my fat on the days I have them is duck eggs if you can get them. We get them from a local farmers. They taste even better than chicken eggs and are more dense in fat. FWIW
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    edited September 2017
    how I increased my fat - full fat yogurts (Noosa, Culinary Circle, Brown Cow, Fage Whole); Bacon (I mean hello!); Cheese is about 50/50 fat/protein; avocado if you like it; full fat milk (I use Fairlife for added protein)

    not a huge fan of peanut butter - but stuff like nutella or similar spreads helps me

    my fat goal is 77-88g a day and I normally get middle range of that
  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    Managed to get to 20g today with hotel breakfast goodies - semi skimmed milk, butter on my crumpets (do they have those in N America?) and pastry. Sadly they only had fat free yoghurt and no eggs/bacon.
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    GrumpyHeadmistress wrote: »
    Managed to get to 20g today with hotel breakfast goodies - semi skimmed milk, butter on my crumpets (do they have those in N America?) and pastry. Sadly they only had fat free yoghurt and no eggs/bacon.

    That's a good start!
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    We do have crumpets, but English muffins are more common (and I've known people to use the two interchangeably, though I can definitely tell the difference). I'm in Canada, btw.
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  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    I'm now the proud owner of a jar of cashew nut butter. Tried a tsp of it (11g) - ew, people voluntarily eat this?! I think I'm going to have to treat it like medicine.
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  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    GrumpyHeadmistress wrote: »
    I'm now the proud owner of a jar of cashew nut butter. Tried a tsp of it (11g) - ew, people voluntarily eat this?! I think I'm going to have to treat it like medicine.

    spread it on toast like you would peanut butter or similar
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    What's your stance on cream cheese? Or other cheese, for that matter? I think cheddar was 33% fat the last I checked.
  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    estherdragonbat wrote: »
    What's your stance on cream cheese? Or other cheese, for that matter? I think cheddar was 33% fat the last I checked.

    At a push I'll eat mild cheeses (quark, mozzarella, the kind of cheddar that's more like plastic). Not a fan of stronger flavours. Might invest in some cheddar.
  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    deannalfisher wrote: »
    GrumpyHeadmistress wrote: »
    I'm now the proud owner of a jar of cashew nut butter. Tried a tsp of it (11g) - ew, people voluntarily eat this?! I think I'm going to have to treat it like medicine.

    spread it on toast like you would peanut butter or similar

    I've heard the trick is - lashings of tea, hot toast, butter and jam. I'll give that a go tomorrow.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    A mild fatty cheese is Havarti.
  • sky_northern
    sky_northern Posts: 119 Member
    GrumpyHeadmistress wrote: »
    I'm now the proud owner of a jar of cashew nut butter. Tried a tsp of it (11g) - ew, people voluntarily eat this?! I think I'm going to have to treat it like medicine.

    I hate nut butters too. There are better ways to get fat - you eat dairy so something like full fat greek yogurt is super yummy. Or chose fatter cuts of mean. Or since you like sugar, if you want to go crazy have a donut - my favorite donut has 16g of fat ;) not very calorie friendly, though.
  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    sky_northern wrote: »
    GrumpyHeadmistress wrote: »
    I'm now the proud owner of a jar of cashew nut butter. Tried a tsp of it (11g) - ew, people voluntarily eat this?! I think I'm going to have to treat it like medicine.

    I hate nut butters too. There are better ways to get fat - you eat dairy so something like full fat greek yogurt is super yummy. Or chose fatter cuts of mean. Or since you like sugar, if you want to go crazy have a donut - my favorite donut has 16g of fat ;) not very calorie friendly, though.

    OMg love donuts. But yes, they're not great for sugar. Once my 1kg pot of fat free Fage runs out I'm switching to the full fat version. And I'll try some cheese and olives too.
  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    jgnatca wrote: »
    A mild fatty cheese is Havarti.

    Sadly Havarti doesn't seem to be sold in UK supermarkets. I'll try the US ones!
  • MissyCHF
    MissyCHF Posts: 337 Member
    I eat very little butter but it's made with fresh cream, in other words real butter, slightly salted. I was six when WWll started, our butter ration was 2 oz per week but even that was the real thing, not yuck in a tub.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I really like nut butter stirred in greek yogurt. Maybe that would make it more enjoyable.
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