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Originally Posted by NoWorries
Some good advice. One thing to note though is that eating fat does not make you fat. Your body needs fat. Your body needs protein. Interestingly enough...I do not believe there are any essential carbs. That's not to say you don't benefit from some carbs though...epescially green veggies and berries.
Fat loss and muscle gain is very hormonal...and food, excersie, sleep and stress control our hormones.
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Yes, I agree with you that we NEED fat. The problem is that most of us have more fat than we need. Humans werent born to require 24 lbs of fat etc. Im not sure for men, but for women, somewhere in the 17-20% body fat is considered IDEAL although the majority of women in both Canada and the US have around 27-30% fat!
Im 5'8", 120 lbs and have 19.5% body fat. That means that roughly 24 lbs (round upto 20% body fat) of my body is fat, while the remaining 96 lbs is muscle, bones, organs etc etc etc. Sure I can gain weight. I know Im skinny. But if I eat the wrong things and gain fat, then Im not achieving my goal of being FIT. I need to gain weight (although I think I dont, but its subjective depending on what one thinks a woman should look like)......but it should be healthy weight like MUSCLE!
The goal is to increase weight by increasing muscle, not fat! And unless anyone here is anorexic or has other health issues, I am pretty certain that we all have enough fat. So cut the carbs, especially sugars like you mentioned, increase the protein and veggies. Choose lean meats over red meats and exercise (strength and cardio). You WILL see changes. And its okay to drink regular milk even though there is sugar...we cant totally escape sugar..and the nutritional value of milk trumps the sugar in it. Just dont eat sugars that are found in things like cookies or cakes or cokes (ie Simple Sugars). We need complex carbohydrates as our body derives energy from these.