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So I have always been one to count calories and attempt to keep my weight in check, I always found it to be hard work and while I maintained a pretty healthy weight, I never really lost like I wanted to. I cut out sugar long ago, and I try and only eat whole grain products and be cognizant of my carb intake. It just wasn't quite enough.
Then I got a physical and saw I had high cholesterol. High enough that it needed to be addressed. I had to go on a diet and the only restriction (aside from stuff I was already doing as I described above) was: keep your intake of saturated fat no more than 13 grams per day.
So I use an app to keep a diary of everything I eat and I make my own food mostly and I have all the things I eat regularly in the app and I have been doing this for years, so I am lucky in that regard. If you can't/won't do this or just aren't bent that way, this will be much harder. But with my app and my eating habits, I have very little problems knowing exactly what I am ingesting - down to the gram. I had to re-do almost all of my regular recipes to create versions that were lower in saturated fat and it was a process.
But holy shit, I can't keep weight on. I eat and eat and eat as much as I want (I make this sound easy, it's not - every goddamn thing in the world is loaded with saturated fat, particularly animal products and you might as well just say goodbye to beef my friend). But between my regular (simple and not hardcore at all) exercise and this diet, my body changed dramatically within 3 months.
Also, my cholesterol is perfect now. Score.
Good work.
I dont eat a lot of meat anyway, but god damn I love beef. Maybe its time to start looking at vegetarian alternatives like Quorn, its great in a pasta sauce.
If your also looking at dietary interventions:
I agree with grandparent that whole food and minimally processed is the best.
However, my reading indicates that meat and specifically beef are good for you. Also saturated fat from unprocessed sources (beef again) is quite healthy.
Since your on this fitness journey it's critically important you eat complete and bioavailable protein every day. You can check the diaas scores for various sources, but animal protein is the best for building and maintaining your body.
Like grandparent I've also changed my diet to whole food, no processing, and seen a massive improvement in body composition and blood metrics. The only difference is I started with keto, then moved into complete carnivore (lots of beef)
I wish you the best of luck, but be aware, many vegetarian/vegan "solutions" have more saturated fat (and other bad shit) than their animal counterparts. Vegan isn't necessarily the answer. The answer is: whole foods, minimal processing, mostly vegetarian.