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How Many Calories Should You Eat to Lose Fat & Not Muscle?

Published: Dec. 5, 2017, 2 p.m.

If someone feels they\u2019re carrying around too much fat, they\u2019ll probably say they need to lose some weight.

Ironically, if that\u2019s their only goal\u2013reducing the number on the scale\u2013they\u2019re like to run into a new problem along the way: becoming skinny fat.

You see, the phrase \u201cweight loss\u201d is tossed around by just about everyone, including myself, but what we really want is a bit more than that.

We don\u2019t want to just \u201close weight\u201d\u2013we want to reduce our body fat percentage and thus improve our body composition. That is, we want to reduce our total amount of body fat without reducing our total amount of lean mass.

If this is obvious to you, you\u2019re in the minority. Most people don\u2019t realize how much muscle they can lose with a poor \u201cweight loss\u201d diet and are puzzled when they succeed in losing weight only to be disappointed by a weak, soft physique staring back at them in the mirror.

Well, in this episode we\u2019re going to talk about how many calories you should eat to lose fat and not muscle.

To make these calculations easier, I created a simple and accurate calorie (and macronutrient) calculator:

\u2192 https://legionathletics.com/how-many-calories-should-i-eat/

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