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Originally Posted by Espi
Tom.. can I be your fly in the ointment and ask you a question?
What do you want more?
1 fitness
2 being slimmer?
As you have been doing a TON of strenuous exercise, but I don't hear much about you losing wt/fat.
After years of spinning my wheels because I'd not be able to eat less calories.. I came to the horrible conclusion
losing fat =
1 DIET DIET DIET DIET
2 just enough HEAVY lifting to retain muscle
3 just enough extra cardio or metabolic work to burn more calories
Too much of 3 and I"m SPENT and not able to function properly.. unless I overeat. Hence why I mentioned spinning my wheels.
So, I really have really cut way back on doing tons of work in the gym and let my diet do the work for me.
I'm feeling more alive at home and get more work done.
Once in a while I disobey my own rules and tend to overdo it in the gym.. within 2 weeks I end up overeating or feeling like a zombie and get reminded why simply eating less , and doing FAR less in the gym but try to be more active with relatively easy activities (simple walking/cycling, even just going up & down the stairs for futile things)
No, it's not sexy. But it's what WORKS.
if you're already where you want to be .. please do continue doing what you do.
Just trying to offer a different perspective.
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Well, to answer your question, I want both - fitness and to lose weight. However you are correct in that I've not been losing weight at all - haven't for a long time even. I've since been experimenting with adding calories to my diet to hopefully rev my metabolism but so far it's not been working. (But then again I've only done it just under a week.) As it is, I do strength training 3x a week, and spinning class 2x a week for my workout schedule, so I'm not sure what I should I cut (if I understand your suggestions correctly).