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Because, quite simply:
A diet has to maintainable & suit exercise goals & maintain health. Fat is a fuel, like any other UNTIL you start getting into rather specific goals, like cycling to win races, running to win, very long endurance work at speed.
I can stuff myself with carbs, but all that got me was feeling like absolute shit from low blood sugar when I cycle 80 miles a day with my parents for a week. (hi, high insulin levels)
In my case, I am not an endurance athlete. 140 grams of carbs, for me, is enough to fuel my workouts (which is weights for fat loss atm)
I am also sedentary when not on the bike/in the gym, and if you sit on your hole both fat and carbs are fine as fuel (the brain can use ketones from fat burning)
My blood sugar goes to shit on low fat / high carb diets
This means I don't need to make many amendments to the foods I eat
So my 30P.30C/35% fat is fine, for my goals.
Now, if I were already getting really lean, yes then the fat needs to go more.
But then I need to go and get special chicken sausages and get my shopping from a bodybuilding shop, spend more as free range chicken breast is £££ and I won't be able to fit in legs, use cooking sprays (iron pans need fat to work, anti stick is the work of the fucking devil), and it's all possible but right now, I don't have to. So why make my life hard?
As for wearing yourself out when dieting, YES, absolutely true if you eat the wrong stuff, you will move less, reducing your daily energy expenditure cos you feel like shit, reducing your deficit. So beware, if your diet doesn't work, shift the ratios.