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Just clearing something up.

Nataliieexo
Nataliieexo Posts: 50 Member
edited January 25 in Health and Weight Loss
On my fitness pal app it tells you how much fat you have consumed weekly, presuming it is correct i have 76g of fat left, 3g saturated, -7g polyunsaturated, -12g monounsaturated and 0g trans. Am i suppost to be taking notice to these? if so having these left over does this mean i am going in the right direction of burning fat rather than muscle?

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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    It doesn't matter. Calories matter.
  • Pearsquared
    Pearsquared Posts: 1,656 Member
    If your body is storing something instead of burning it, it's getting stored as fat - it doesn't matter if it was a carb, fat, or protein when you put it in your mouth. As long as you're eating in a deficit, your body will start burning fat.

    Your body will burn fat before it burns muscle every time. However, muscle does need a lot of energy (mainly in the form of protein) to be maintained, and this tends to be very difficult when eating at a deficit.
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