Hi @Fairydust26 and @Gilbert82 
Tried to post last night but fell asleep typing!
it was a long day...
Will double my support for low carb high fat, like @Lexilooo says it can cut cravings for sweets, treats etc. I’m the kind of person that when I’m on the carbs, or low fat/low cal, I’m craving chocolate, crisps etc (I can inhale vast amounts of Dairy Milk
), however increasing my fat a lots and reducing carbs a lot has worked wonders.
It may not work for everyone, we all have different things that work for us, but if you haven’t tried it and are thinking of giving it a go then I recommend it. Eat until you are sated (not stuffed), go for low carb options (see Diet Doctor, the visual guides are especially helpful when walking around shops!), but make sure you have fat (I like having mayo and cheese in my diet in particular, as well as olive oil).
I can’t trll you how many grams I have as I don’t know for sure, but I do know that on average I have: 20% carbs, 60% fat, 20% protein. Sometimes carbs are lower and protein higher, just depends on what I’m eating, but the fat is pretty much always in the 60% region.
I don’t get hungry (until necessary, for next meal!) and I don’t have cravings. I’m also less bloated. I am much more sensitive to sweet now and find sweet things too rich most of the time. I mainly drink water, some tea, some coffee or decaf. I have whole milk still in those, and I have some higher carb items (hence 20% carbs, not doing very low carb, so I might have some sweet potato for instance but not every day).
I average about 1600-1800 cals, based on Fitbit approximations, although this is gradually decreasing as I am getting fuller quicker and appetite is diminishing - not extremely, just a gradual subtle change.
For instance, I no longer wake up hungry, so in the morning I have a tea/coffee with milk. At lunch I have a lot of fat as I usually work slightly late so I need the energy to see me through - most of my lunches involve cheese and mayo, as well as meat, and some sort of carb sometimes (sometimes mixed veg, sometimes a few Ryvita). At dinner I’ll have veg, usually with olive oil, sometimes with cheese, and with some form of meat (e.g. chicken thigh, pork belly, steak etc).
When I started I had full fat yoghurt at breakfast and ate all of the above. I now don’t have breakfast (as I’m full still), and I’m eating less at lunch and dinner due to getting fuller quicker - usually still eat all the fat stuff and veg, sometimes have less meat or denser carbs, e.g. if we have sweet potato I have a lot less now, if we have steak I usually have half a steak.
My ratio breakdown still stays about the same though (20:60:20), this just seems to be naturally what works for me and my preference.