Turning fat to muscle

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    kkenseth wrote: »
    blackcoffeeandcherrypie wrote: »
    kkenseth wrote: »
    Melwillbehealthy wrote: »
    I guess I should have been more specific with my question. I do understand that fat does not turn into muscle. What I meant was how long would it take to gain more muscle mass when lifting weights? At the same time I am eating a calorie deficit diet and losing weight. Simple enough?

    You won't gain muscle mass at a caloric deficit. You might maintain what you already have by lifting.

    It depends how much weight she has to lose. An obese person can gain muscle mass and lose fat at the same time.

    How do you figure? Eating at a calorie deficit will not provide nearly enough energy for muscle building...
    An obese person has an excess amount of energy to provide even in calorie deficit if it's not too extreme. So building some muscle while on deficit is possible, but it is limited.

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