My mom struggled with her weight most of her life....until she went on a low-fat diet.

But my mom was strugglling to keep her weight UP, not down!

When she was about 74, on LF for about 15 yrs, her doc gave her grief about her weight. He asked what she ate every day and when she said she had a bagel for breakfast every morning, he patted her belly and said "yep, that's one big bagel Wini". He then told her to not worry about fat or salt, but to cut down on breads, potatoes, etc. He also told her that if she made her own she could eat breads, but to avoid store-bought because of the "nasty" ingredients they use. This was back in the early 90's and her doc was a cardiologist. (Mom didn't have CAD, but did have conduction issues and coronary artery spasm)