Years ago, I asked a chef why mashed potatoes always tasted so much better in a restaurant. He told me what he said chwefs have known for decades..in a restaurant, it's "lots of cream, butter, salt and pepper held together with a little potato.."
Also true, but most people don’t eat out at such restaurants every night. Day by day you have to eat healthier.
I refuse to buy margarine-
I eat butter ONLY and steak, and vegetables
almost nothing from a box or can
I get greet from my, margarine eating sister for using butter and eating this way because “it is so fattening” (I am 6’4 and a relatively athletic 220 pounds- she is 5’6 and almost 300 pounds)
A modified Adkins was the best thing i ever did- protien (a little bit) at each meal and snack- and I am never hungry - I drink hot tea with honey and it kills my appetite a lot too.
And sugar.