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[new@gettinbig]

I still think your fat intake is too high?? Anyone else agree or is just me? Yes you need good fat and yes it is good for you, but 90-100 grams?? That is a lot of fat! What are you eating to get that amount?

 

[Cheetarah]

I still think your fat intake is too high?? Anyone else agree or is just me? Yes you need good fat and yes it is good for you, but 90-100 grams?? That is a lot of fat! What are you eating to get that amount?

Yes it is a lot of fat but fat is not evil unless you are taking in more calories than you are burning. Fat slows down digestion and absorption, makes you feel full for longer, in addition to the other obvious, like needed for vitamin and mineral absorption (some) blah blah blah. But the main reasons I take in high fat is that I am keeping my meals as low glycemic as possible and teaching my body to burn fat as fuel. And again, several male bodybuilders I know have actually gotten leaner by decreasing carbs and increasing their EFA's. It seems more fat/less carbs = leanness.

It's not diffcult at all to get in that much fat. My fat sources are egg yolks (usually only 2 a day), mayonnaise, olive oil, fish oil, and just the fat that is naturally present in the foods I eat such as chicken and lean steak.

But anyway, it's been working well for me. The best is that even though I am somewhat hungry and could eat most of the time, I think the higher fat intake is keeping me from really starving, added to the fact that I'm only about 300 calories below my maintenance calories anyway. I eat very clean INSTEAD of really restricting my calories. You really don't need to restrict your calories that much if you are eating clean enough and I think this is a mistake too many women make. They decrease their calories too much and suffer the consequences because of it.

Now I'm not saying this high fat intake will always work for me, perhaps I will plateau, but that is also why I tweak my diet often, so that it doesn't happen and I continue to burn fat. So far so good. Also I believe there have been studies that show fat helps preserve LBM. So just another reason. And since I've been cutting since back in August, I've not lost a single lb of muscle and in fact have only gained muscle while losing fat. Anyway, I guess I was just wanting to throw another school of thought out there, one which I ascribe to and has been working well for me. And I hate seeing other women starve themselves with too few calories and too little fat.