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Aoife · 03-16-2008, 12:36 AM

Sure.

I'd do only one or the other. Either increase your work or decrease your intake. Doing both might put you a bit too far.

I'm not saying I think a slight drop in calories and increase in cardio would be bad, just that you'll prolly want to see what one does before you change the other, ya know? So, which of the 2 would you rather do? More work? Fewer calories?

You could prolly stand to drop 100 cals without detriment, for the most part. 2000 is still an acceptable amount. For me at decent activity in the 140s, 1700 was fine on non-working days. Being 5'3" myself... 1700/2000 would be my general intake.

You're not seeing a dramatic increase in size/weight/etc right? So you're prolly not totally off in your equation... but just a bit. For me... I'd have to be doing much work to make 1800/2100 work, actually. A day like that here or there is fine.. but I don't seem to get as revved as metab as some do.

Just like everything else... once you have the basics and have been going by the general guidelines for a bit, it's time to reconsider if what you're doing is right for you. It seems not.

If it were me, I'd prolly lower my cals simply because the extra time of another session of HIIT or whatever sometime in the week would be better spent elsewhere. With wedding planning, you may feel the same.

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Aoife Bertha Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: City of Dis Posts: 3,440 My Profile	Sure. I'd do only one or the other. Either increase your work or decrease your intake. Doing both might put you a bit too far. I'm not saying I think a slight drop in calories and increase in cardio would be bad, just that you'll prolly want to see what one does before you change the other, ya know? So, which of the 2 would you rather do? More work? Fewer calories? You could prolly stand to drop 100 cals without detriment, for the most part. 2000 is still an acceptable amount. For me at decent activity in the 140s, 1700 was fine on non-working days. Being 5'3" myself... 1700/2000 would be my general intake. You're not seeing a dramatic increase in size/weight/etc right? So you're prolly not totally off in your equation... but just a bit. For me... I'd have to be doing much work to make 1800/2100 work, actually. A day like that here or there is fine.. but I don't seem to get as revved as metab as some do. Just like everything else... once you have the basics and have been going by the general guidelines for a bit, it's time to reconsider if what you're doing is right for you. It seems not. If it were me, I'd prolly lower my cals simply because the extra time of another session of HIIT or whatever sometime in the week would be better spent elsewhere. With wedding planning, you may feel the same. __________________ blog theAoife.com Aoife in Wonderland Werkit.com - Providing the most stylish training logs you've ever seen, while retaining all the function you need. Oh yeah! "Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not be doing by doing them simultaneously."