Keep it up. You are doing right.

I ate waaay off plan at lunch so to get everything back into some assemblance, I'm having cheese and bacon. Clearly if I had guilt I got over it ;-)

I had chopped almonds in full fat natural yogurt

FIT_Goat wrote: »

It took me a while to get used to the idea that fat, especially saturated animal fats, were good for me. Not that they just weren't going to kill me, but that they were actually what my body wanted. You will get used to it over time. It is hard to let go of all that acculturation overnight.

Yes, it is hard at first, but when you realize you can drop body fat and eat fat, you'll adjust your mind to match your mouth.

I know it sounds unbelievable at first, to consider eating so much fat, but the way I look at it now, is to realize that our bodies need that fat. Saturated fat is natural and our bodies recognize it as fuel. The body does not recognize man-made fats such as trans fats, and it does not need the quantities of starches and sugars we have become so accustomed to eating. I have done a complete turn around in my thinking regarding this, and quiet frankly, I am repulsed by many of the foods I did not question before eating them blindly. Now it repulses me to think about eating the various forms of sugar or sugar substitutes like Aspartame which are deadly to the human body, not to mention corn or soy products, or MSG, or weird chemicals added to everything.....the list goes on and on. Give me pure, real natural food, and lots of fat to give me energy. We have been brainwashed about what is considered healthy, and it takes a while to come to terms with this. Give me fats instead of carbs any day !

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10107242/the-skinny-on-fat-silencing-your-fear-of-dietary-fats?new=1

Have a read through this. It should address and kill some of your fears.

Dragonwolf wrote: »

I think the rebellious part of me is what has allowed me to accept it pretty easily. That, and I drown myself in research as a coping mechanism.

It's fun, though, to encourage eating in such a way that it freaks people out. It's even better when you get numerous health results.

Exactly.

Stbarber1 wrote: »

I feel the same way, I still don't eat as much fat as some on here do. I'm trying to middle it as best I can. I do find it interesting that before lowering my carbs, I used to eat high carb and low fat, if I ate something fatty it would immediately turn my stomache. So I would try to eat less fat and to not have a problem. But now i've eating more fat, even had alfredo last night which normally sent my tummy spinning upside down, and no problems. It seems so strange to me that eating more fat makes me feels less sick than eating no fat and getting sick every time

It has to do with bile production. Less fat = less bile, so when you suddenly eat a bunch of fat, the body isn't prepared for it, because it has down-regulated bile production.

That's also why there's the misconception that high fat causes gallstones. It doesn't (in fact, high fat diets prevent gallstones), the low fat diet preceding it did, but now the bile needs to move and not just sit there in the gallbladder, and the stones can't fit through the valves between the gallbladder and the gut, causing problems.

This book is really great for explaining the history behind the past few decades' fat phobia:
The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet by Nina Teicholz
amazon.com/The-Big-Fat-Surprise-Healthy/dp/1451624425

Our brains are fat, and our bodies are meat. How twisted is it that these very things could be considered "unhealthy"?

Yup eating high fat was a problem until I discovered BPC... Now staying under is a bigger problem.

At first, and still, it feel exhilarating to eat things like butter and bacon and not have to feel guilty about it. In the beginning, I was actually surprised at how good it felt and tasted to eat fat. I was the type of person to blot my pizza to soak up excess fat. I was more worried about how my body would react on the inside when starting rather than focusing on the palette. While I've adjusted to pretty much be able to eat coconut oil from a spoon, I still have trouble with the texture of animal fat. I can't do the texture of a chunk of beef fat off a steak. It has to be ground meat. Anyway, after a couple months, even weeks, you'll love the way you feel and know fat is good to eat.

At home I have no problem smearing coconut oil on a fatty piece of meat covered in melted cheese topped with a dollop of sour cream. It's when I'm out around family or in public that I realize when I reach for a pat of butter to just pop in my mouth, that my behavior is not socially acceptable. I think wheny body shows on the out side all the wonderful things happening inside, I will not be so sheepish around people who stare down their noses!

Jennym93 wrote: »

Obviously on here it's encouraged and I've read some of the links about fat but it still feels so wrong,I'm ok with cooking in butter or adding cream to coffee but I just ate whipped double cream with butter and vanilla (so delicious) but feel so bad for eating it.
But I do feel very full so that's a positive
I wouldn't feel the same way if I ate something like caramel or candyfloss so why should eating fat be so different?
Anyone else struggling with fat fear?

Jenny, have you seen this video?:

Fat Head (The History of the Demonization of Saturated Fat)

I hope this helps,

Dan the Man from Michigan
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