MANdrew
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Recently I've been bringing my girlfriend with me to the gym. I've got her running 5/3/1 with me, she's pretty decently strong for her size. I never really paid attention to her diet or what she ate since she's pretty skinny and looks good, but yesterday she told me she feels fat and wants a change... So I asked her to tell me what she eats in a normal day and she said "well today I had a sweet potato... And... That's pretty much it." And it was like 7 at night. She basically eats like nothing. So I sent her a link to some articles by Layne Norton and told her to read them over, and she came back to me with this whole thing planned out- she came up with the idea of 1700 calories per day, using Layne's formula of BWX15, and put herself in a deficit of like 300 calories for a "slow cut". She and I then planned out specific foods and meal times also based off of Layne's recommendations, and here's what it looks like, roughly:
1659 calories
162g protein
40g fat
165 carbs
The problem is, she doesn't think she can eat all that. She legitimately said "if I eat that much, I'll get fat". Since I've really never dealt with something like this before, what are your thoughts on this situation and how she/we could handle it?
1659 calories
162g protein
40g fat
165 carbs
The problem is, she doesn't think she can eat all that. She legitimately said "if I eat that much, I'll get fat". Since I've really never dealt with something like this before, what are your thoughts on this situation and how she/we could handle it?
