I've never shied away from eating food, so finding this group has empowered my belief of food is fuel, not to be avoided. However, I can't seem to be able to eat less fat than I am eating. To me, it's not bad fat. I have red meat max 3 times a week (if that), a 4th if there's leftovers, but the rest is either saturated from coconuts or unsaturated, like olive and avocado, so I'm not scared of eating it. I don't do dairy because of a sensitivity and am happy doing coconut milk, or almond milk. But no matter how I try to cut corners, my percentages are 25C/25-30P/ 45-50F. Yes I'm low carbish, but that has more to do with the fact that my body seems to work better this way (for more than weight loss) and my daughter is gluten free and most of the gluten free foods are higher glycemic than most people realize. So the grains I go for are brown rice, plain rolled oats, and quinoa (I know it's a seed), just not huge amounts. I really like my sweet and white potatoes, so I kind of rather do those than the grains some days. Also, I can't seem to fit in more than 25% of protein, and that's with a whole food based, dairy free, protein shake. I work with a trainer doing a mixture of body strength and weights 2x a week and 2 days on my own. I'm currently at 4x/ 30 min a week for elliptical/ treadmill, but after reading here have planned to decrease that. My main question: will eating that much fat hinder my results when I'm eating to lose? And how do I get more protein when I eat a meat at every meal? Just eat more meals than 4 with a snack of protein? Thank you! (my calories are set at 1744, and I didn't bother with cardio outside of what my trainer did today)