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Weightlifting diet for women - 40% fat - does it work?

sjbcobb
sjbcobb Posts: 5 Member
edited January 13 in Food and Nutrition
I'd like to hear from some weightlifters out there with experience building muscle and trimming fat AND if your diet has consisted of 40% fat. I'm in a new weight training program (not a newbie, just a new program) and looking to get lean, build muscle, etc. I've been tracking my calories on MFP for many months and often 40% of my total daily calories are fat calories. This fat consists of flax seed, coconut oil, coconut and almond flour, almonds, cashews - a very paleo type diet. So, for you bodybuilding athletes out there who have achieved a low body fat % overall - is your diet 40% fat? My TDEE is typically in range, and I eat back half to all of my exercise calories.

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  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    there's nothing inherently right or wrong with a diet that consists of 40% fat.
  • pinkyleigh83
    pinkyleigh83 Posts: 148 Member
    I eat mostly primal & 50% of my calories are from high quality healthy fats. I have been doing heavy lifting 3-4x/week since the beginning of January &, with eating enough calories & protein, have gained 4lbs of muscle (though I'm a newbie so that's partly why I gained faster) & without trying my BF% has dropped slightly & I was at around 16.5% already.

    It's definitely doable.
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