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Originally Posted by Northchild
In my case, fat was not a factor as long as I wasn't eating Crisco straight out of the can, but if I look at carbs I gain 25 pounds. 100 grams of carbs a day (gross/net/whatever) would have been obscenely high for me when I was actively working on losing the 140 pounds that I lost. My dietician would have politely encouraged me to lower the carbs in the same careful vocal tone that a firefighter might use to coax a potential jumper down from a rooftop if she had found out that I was carbing out like that. 
It's probably one of those "everyone's different" things, like psychiatric meds. Maybe different dieticians would tell you different things.
My favorite yogurt is the Dannon Light & Fit Greek kind. Great taste, lotsa protein. Whatever flavors you like - you can't go wrong. 
Greek Yogurt | Light & FitŪ |
100 grams of carbs is considered fairly low carb, unless you're specifically on a low carb diet. I'm happy to say that my last blood tests showed that my triglycerides finally normalized after a few years of being high. Believe me when I say that I was eating a heck of a lot more carbs than 100 g just prior to that normalization. I do intend to concentrate primarily on whole grains in the future. They obviously have more fiber, and if fiber is subtracted, net carbs will be lower than 100 g. You say I shouldn't use the word "diet". I'm assuming "eating lifestyle" would be better? The fact is that very low carb eating is not a sustainable lifestyle for me. It just isn't. Everyone has their limits to how low they can go.
I mostly eat the Danon Light & Fit Greek yogurt, too. That's probably what I'll continue to eat most of, but I'll admit I sometimes like non-Greek yogurts.