Is it really advisable to eat more to lose fat?

[ross69]

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ross, to start with i would be meticulous in working out what to eat and how much. This will set you up for good habits in the future. Do a 3 weekday, 1 weekend day food diay to get an idea of problem areas in your diet - when you look back at it you may be shocked.

I mentioned in my original post that this situation was with a good diet at hand. I've cleaned up my diet completely - eating foods such as grilled chicken breasts, eggs, broccoli, mixed nuts, olive oil and other whole foods etc, as well as logging it meticulously on foodfocus.

With this in mind if I'm to stick to the plan of targeting the belly fat through weightlifting and diet, what would an advisable % of the diet to come from fats be? I've seen people suggest 30% protein / 30% carbs / 40% fats when trying to gain, but would it be the same when trying to lose weight, whilst simply consuming less overall (i.e. instead of eating above maintenance eating below). Obviously I understand that saying 'fats' could mean a wide variety of foods, but in keeping with the clean eating I'd aim to get these from healthier foodstuffs, such as mixed nuts, olive oil, cheddar cheese and peanut butter (not sure about how good the last two are actually, feel free to criticise). As you can tell my understanding of dietary fats isn't great.