When you've struggled for years to lose weight and actually gave up thinking it can never be done, despite tremendous amounts of training, you just have to decide one day that the only way to get things working is to actually track every single bite.
And then after having done it for long enough, it becomes so much fun to do , since you get feedback from the data and can pinpoint what exactly happens when & why. Starting a log was the next best thing because you also get feedback from more knowledgeable persons.
Still, it's a hard pill to swallow that bodies are so adaptive that you have to take calories reallllly low to get substantial weight loss. Just 300kcal is not enough, since your metabolism just drops along with this.. and unfortunately the zigzagging doesn't really help.
Then it's a matter of balancing output (lifting & cardio) with intake (diet) so that there's enough of a difference without getting ill or overtrained. This is where supplements can and do make a difference though. I'm not going back to ephedrine, but have started on Svelta STAC (resveratrol-based) , upped the fish oil and also am now using N-acetyl tyrosine (it increases energy levels, but much milder than ephedrine does) for the first time.
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