Nutrition

divadancechick9
divadancechick9 Posts: 1 Member
edited July 2023 in Health and Weight Loss
I want to lose body fat but gain muscle!! How should I be eating to maintain that goal??

How many protein/carbs/calories etc.. should I be consuming a day if I’m also lifting and working out daily

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,093 Member
    Gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time is called recomping and is a LONG PROCESS. Maybe if you're a newbie or a returning athlete after a long layoff, you'll gain some muscle, but you have to be in a surplus to gain muscle and in a deficit to lose fat. While macro manipulation may help a little, it's still going to be an energy balancing game.
    What do you want more? Muscle or lose fat? Focus on one of them first for faster results.

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