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Espi · 02-24-2007, 02:50 AM

Still not training, but going to start again Monday. Today I'm starting the dieting grind again by zigzagging between a 800 kcal deficit vs 200 kcal surplus compared to the REAL maintenance, abandoning the entire predicted maintenance thing as predicted maintenance just doesn't work!

I've had quite a few revelations over the past few weeks of maintaining (and actually eating too much!) as well as not training at ALL for 2 weeks!

Guess what? My maintenance right now when I'm just sitting on my ass and doing practically nothing outside just 1 or 2 walks or bike rides a day, is the same as when I exercise!! And even a few hundred calories higher than when I eat allergenic foods!

Anyone else whose maintenance is as malleable as mine? I'm overly happy that eating too much doesn't make me gain as much as I feared for , but geez, I honestly thought that exercising would make more of a difference than it does. Apparently it just makes me have less energy for other tasks so there's barely any difference. Not when I try to diet in a normal way at least. Normal = trying to create a deficit by eating sub-maintenance for several days.
Successful = only diet every other day but create a huge deficit (approx. 1000 kcal below mtn) and eat slightly over maintenance the other day.

I've come to the conclusion that all the training I did, isn't worth it. I'm loving it when I do it, no doubt about it. But I also did it to recompose. Well it wasn't happening because I tend to overdo it so much. I just never bonk right then. Energy just slowly saps out of me and I can tap into deeper resources (fat!) and as a consequence, metabolism goes down. And I end up having a metabolism that's just as high as when I don't exercise at all.

But the difference in energy levels outside the gym is dramatic. Instead of feeling too tired/exhausted to do anything except surfing the Internet I finally manage to get things done that are MORE important than training & diet.

I'm loving it so much that I'm definitely not going back to overtraining as much again. But will try to do as little as I can while still having fun. Short and intense.

For now I just go back to my previous schedule, lop off a few exercises (the low intensity ones) and start thinking about a fun routine that's still effective.

02-24-2007, 02:50 AM	#155 (permalink)
Espi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NLs Posts: 2,005 My Profile	Still not training, but going to start again Monday. Today I'm starting the dieting grind again by zigzagging between a 800 kcal deficit vs 200 kcal surplus compared to the REAL maintenance, abandoning the entire predicted maintenance thing as predicted maintenance just doesn't work! I've had quite a few revelations over the past few weeks of maintaining (and actually eating too much!) as well as not training at ALL for 2 weeks! Guess what? My maintenance right now when I'm just sitting on my ass and doing practically nothing outside just 1 or 2 walks or bike rides a day, is the same as when I exercise!! And even a few hundred calories higher than when I eat allergenic foods! Anyone else whose maintenance is as malleable as mine? I'm overly happy that eating too much doesn't make me gain as much as I feared for , but geez, I honestly thought that exercising would make more of a difference than it does. Apparently it just makes me have less energy for other tasks so there's barely any difference. Not when I try to diet in a normal way at least. Normal = trying to create a deficit by eating sub-maintenance for several days. Successful = only diet every other day but create a huge deficit (approx. 1000 kcal below mtn) and eat slightly over maintenance the other day. I've come to the conclusion that all the training I did, isn't worth it. I'm loving it when I do it, no doubt about it. But I also did it to recompose. Well it wasn't happening because I tend to overdo it so much. I just never bonk right then. Energy just slowly saps out of me and I can tap into deeper resources (fat!) and as a consequence, metabolism goes down. And I end up having a metabolism that's just as high as when I don't exercise at all. But the difference in energy levels outside the gym is dramatic. Instead of feeling too tired/exhausted to do anything except surfing the Internet I finally manage to get things done that are MORE important than training & diet. I'm loving it so much that I'm definitely not going back to overtraining as much again. But will try to do as little as I can while still having fun. Short and intense. For now I just go back to my previous schedule, lop off a few exercises (the low intensity ones) and start thinking about a fun routine that's still effective. __________________ Odd Exercises You've Never Tried Before journal: Go with the flow Contrarian & anti-KISS!