Diet for fat loss

Tsoggo

I'm very close to my goal weight now but I still have a lot of body fat. Any recommendations on a diet for fat loss? I'm okay on maintaining my current weight but i want to loss more body fat.

malibu927

Eat at maintenance, lift heavy. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat

Tsoggo

malibu927 wrote: »

Eat at maintenance, lift heavy. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat

How about the macros? Do still need to track them?

Tsoggo

malibu927 wrote: »

Eat at maintenance, lift heavy. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat

"You can never ever out-train a bad diet" I heard it from a fitness channel on YouTube. I wonder what makes a diet bad?

malibu927

Minimum .8 grams of protein per pound of lean mass.

Tsoggo wrote: »

malibu927 wrote: »

Eat at maintenance, lift heavy. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat

"You can never ever out-train a bad diet" I heard it from a fitness channel on YouTube. I wonder what makes a diet bad?

That saying basically means all the exercise won't do anything if you aren't certain of your calorie intake

jgnatca

For fat loss you need a deficit. In the context of fat loss a bad diet has too many calories.

For nutrition you need a varied diet with lots of fruits and vegetables. A bad diet in that case would be an overly restrictive diet that limits your food choices.

No single food is going to redistribute your fat. Add muscle. You do that by working them. In other words follow @malibu927 advice.

CarvedTones

Tsoggo wrote: »

malibu927 wrote: »

Eat at maintenance, lift heavy. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat

"You can never ever out-train a bad diet" I heard it from a fitness channel on YouTube. I wonder what makes a diet bad?

I like "You can't outrun your fork."

Tsoggo

jgnatca wrote: »

For fat loss you need a deficit. In the context of fat loss a bad diet has too many calories.

For nutrition you need a varied diet with lots of fruits and vegetables. A bad diet in that case would be an overly restrictive diet that limits your food choices.

No single food is going to redistribute your fat. Add muscle. You do that by working them. In other words follow @malibu927 advice.

But malibu927 said eat at maintenance. And you said eat at caloric deficit

sardelsa

What are your stats? What is your goal weight? If you are happy with your weight, I agree look into recomp (see links above). You can reduce your bodyfat % while either eating in a deficit or maintenance (keep in mind the latter can be slow as you are reducing fat and building muscle over time)

kimny72

Tsoggo wrote: »

jgnatca wrote: »

For fat loss you need a deficit. In the context of fat loss a bad diet has too many calories.

For nutrition you need a varied diet with lots of fruits and vegetables. A bad diet in that case would be an overly restrictive diet that limits your food choices.

No single food is going to redistribute your fat. Add muscle. You do that by working them. In other words follow @malibu927 advice.

But malibu927 said eat at maintenance. And you said eat at caloric deficit

That's because there are 2 different ways you could achieve your goal, and only you can determine which you want to do. And you may need to try both!

It's possible you could eat at maintenance, and recomp would give you the body you want by
s-l-o-w-l-y building muscle and losing fat through exercise.

It's also possible that you could just lose a little more weight and it would get you where you want to be, and that would require a deficit.

There is no 100% right answer, and certainly not one we can figure out for you here. You just have to choose from the options and tweak as you go. Good luck!