Quote Originally Posted by Medusa View Post
I feel that I must comment on this. It is true that our body needs fats; we do need something to move everything down the pipes, if you get my drift. However, the average American consumes 200 grams or more of fat each day and that's harmful. If you can keep the fat gram consumption to around 20 grams a day, you'll do great. Just watch your portion size and exercise more and you'll see the weight come off.
True... but most people who are dieting forgo the real foods for the no-fat foods. In the need, they consume more calories and still feel unsatisfied at the end of the day. It all goes back to moderation, truly it does! I'm not saying to eat a ton of butter on your morning toast, then have a pile of real cheese and fattening ceasar dressing on your salad at lunch, then a bunch of sour cream on your taco at dinner. I'm saying that if your body is dying for icecream, go for the real thing. If you want cheese on your salad, go for it. Just watch how much cheese you put on that salad. Watch how many times you eat fats (or any other food for that manner) during the day.

At the end of the day though, If you NEED that cookie, then evaluate why.... its a good possibility its a craving. And if its a craving for ooey gooey, fattening yumminess, you'll be more sated with one real cookie than you would be with one that is basically like eating a piece of cardboard.

OR you could just do something like go for a brisk walk to take your mind off that cookie all together. I've found cravings are often out of boredom or looking for something to do... my coworkers and I often sit there looking at eat other saying how we're hungry when we're NOT. We know its hunger out of boredom. And that type of hunger is exactly when you're most prone to eating the fattening foods we shouldn't be eating.