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Originally Posted by kfisherx
Okay so you didn't gain 3 lbs of fat for sure because your bf fat % remained the same. I would say that you gained some water and muscle though. That is a good thing. What you do next is really a matter of what your goals are in this program. I too have some fat to loose but am wishing to come out of this program with more muscle mass as well as fat loss. The option for me is to eat more and allow the weight to go up but keep the bf% around the same. So far I have put on more than 5 lbs and it is starting to show all over my body with my muscles. The reason it makes sense to do it this way if you want to have more muscle mass as an end result is because this new muscle will work with my body when I begin the cut and help burn the fat.
If your main focus though is on fat loss with some amount of tone then start a nice cut (lower those cals) and get it over with as soon as possble. Then you can re-evalutate your goals. If you are gaining muscle btw, it is likely the case that your cals are higher than maintenance anyway or you are understimating how much you are eating.
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I love this program, but right now my main goal IS fat loss. I have a decent amount of lean mass for a girl to begin with. Hovering around 190lbs with 29.6% body fat gives me around 133-134lbs of lean mass. And even if my calculations are off a little, that's still more than many women have. I'm not as concerned with adding mass as I am to losing some of this fat - for health and fitness and personal reasons.
But I'm curious how cutting calories will affect my workouts, because I'm enjoying them right now. They're tough, but I love it. So I'm going to cut a little at a time and see what happens.
And I don't think I'm gaining muscle as fast as it seems - I think water has a lot to do with it last week. I'm being really honest with my food, tracking every day, even down to that one square of dark chocolate I have after lunch occasionally. Accurate data is the only way to make an informed decision about what to do next...
But I appreciate you chiming in. Your progress is an inspiration to me.
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Originally Posted by Cynic
Glycemic Indexing is losing it's validity under current scrutiny. A recent study showed people who ate a high GI diet lost more fat with less variance among the subjects than the other group that ate a low GI diet.
A lot of the things we've based ideas on are falling apart under current technical resources and thinking.
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Cynic, it's a shame there's so much back and forth in the nutrition world. But I believe the best I can do is inform myself as much as possible and then make my own decisions. My boyfriend teases me for eating salt and butter, but the food I eat day in and day out is whole food, and I'd rather use a little pat of butter than any chemically-processed spread.
I had a roommate and a friend who was vegan and she acted like it was the best thing a person could do for the world. But even at the same weight, she was two or three sizes bigger than me, and what she ate was mostly junk food. Soy pudding, soy ice cream, soy hot dogs on white buns...I stuck to my guns eating meat (and yes, even red meat sometimes! Gasp!) and dairy and lots of protein and fruits and vegetables, and I think it shows. I certainly feel healthy and strong and clean inside.
Could you point me to the study you were referencing?