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I also used to have this real stubborn leg fat. What worked for me was low stress, low PUFA and cocoa butter (about 30g daily) for the stearic acid. That helped to keep cortisol low, muscles hard, metabolic rate high and the stubborn fat went away.Tried intermittent fasting, lowcarb with caloric deficit for almost one year. I changed protocols after couple of months so it was like this: 16:8 -> 18:6 -> 20:4. To be honest it didn't help me at all. My blood sugar got worse (107 morning, fasting), TSH went up, didn't lose that much weight I hoped for. I have really bad genetic predisposition to store fat mostly in legs and I hoped to lose it from there. Apparently I lost from upper body but not from legs...
On the other side keto, slight caloric deficit AND Yohimbine HCL helped me a lot. Of course eating fats most of the time is a nightmare but I lost around 10kgs really fast (I guess most of that was actually water).
I've made a mistake though and didnt check my blood panel after keto, but I think blood glucose/insulin actually got even worse due to physiological insulin resistance that keto promotes.
As far as I know fat stored in legs has the most alpha 2-adrenoceptors and in my case, I THINK Yohimbine HCL (which is alpha 2-adrenoceptor inhibitor).
So basically this time I'll try different approach which will be: moderate carbs, no PUFAs, lowish fat, high protein. I'm still thinking of intermittent fasting if it's actually worth it in my case, cortisol effect was bad and my thyroid got worse (3,5 TSH).