These 10 Foods Made My Muscle Building + Fat Burning Diet Possible

Nate McCallister đź’ˇ
6 min readSep 3, 2024

Last year, I lost a ton of muscle tissue (over 15 lbs) while taking semaglutide. I documented all of that process over on my blog, which I’ve linked at the bottom of this article if you’d like to read that next.

The drug was literally too powerful for me. It was effective, but it came with some collateral damage. It took me up about a year to rebuild the lost muscle. And yes, as experts have warned about GLP-1s, I did gain the fat I had lost back as well once I stopped taking it.

This year, I’m focused on a diet that burns fat while preserving and building muscle simultaneously. Yes, the elusive dream is sold to us by diets and expert programs but rarely delivered.

So far, it’s working!

Here are the results from day #1 through day #20.

My muscle mass comparison over 20 days.

And here are the results for regional fat loss over the same time period.

My body fat comparison over 20 days.

I’m doing it with a relatively simple approach.

  • Measuring Muscle Gain and Fat Loss. I’m no longer concerned with the scale. When I’ve done diets focused on losing pounds, I end up flushing muscle out with fat…

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