<snip>One loses weight on this diet because of its suitability
compared to grains and sugars, not necessarily because you are
consuming less calories. In fact, you can probably consume many more
calories and still lose. <snip>
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I think this is what is difficult to get my head wrapped around. : )
You spend your whole life counting calories a certain way, and now I
need to understand the difference in the food I am eating verses
caloric intake.  When I look at a breakdown of my meals today, it
shows 58% of it was fat.  Also that I ate 45 grams of protein.

I was raised with ounces and pounds. *g*  (I think metrics were
entering the elementary schools when I was getting ready to graduate).
 So I don't know if trying to understand the protein gram thing is my
problem or what.

Sincerely,
Lynn