I don't really use a lot of butter. I bought a pound of butter months ago and barely opened it the other day. If I put butter on my toast, (and that's IF bc I usually just tear off a bite size piece of bread and eat it), it's not even a 1/4" thick and not cut all the way down. One tbsp of butter is a LOT of butter. That is a whole package of those gold bars you get at restaurants. It's a lot. That's how much I'd use on three pieces of bread.
The rendered pork fat (lard) I use for cooking on certain dishes only bc of the very high smoke point. I use a tbsp of that, and it cooks four servings. If I am using a saute pan for veggies I use avocado oil or olive oil. For eggs I use Pam.
I am worrying if I do follow the doctor's orders to a "T" I will lose more weight. I ended up losing the 4 lbs I gained back since leaving the hospital. (Total weight lost since my pancreatic episode is about 20+ lbs now.) My last weigh in on Mon at the Dr I was 106. If I keep losing, all the clothes that I haven't been able to fit into years ago that now fit will be too big.
On a happier note, we walked the dogs at the park today. One of the playgrounds has a pretty big jungle gym. Before I got sick I tried to do the monkey bars and couldn't get across three of them. I tried again today and got across all of them! Yay me!
Hurt my hands like hell though.