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Originally Posted by Espi
If fat loss is your first goal, cut way back down in activity level. But don't try to do both.. you'll end up overtrained, ill or just annoyed because of overeating.
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Just to clarify - my understanding (and experience so far) is that you can train relatively hard (in my case, NROL4W) and eat SLIGHTLY (ie: 100 calories) under maintenance to achieve slow (healthy) fat loss, through the increase of muscle tissue, EPOC, etc... Are you saying that I should basically use only diet and low-intensity exercise to lose fat - and then increase food and work out hard after the fat is gone?
In my case, I did that for years and years and years - calorie restriction combined withe relatively low intensity (at least compared to NROL4W) weight-training, plenty of SS and aerobic interval (not anaerobic high intensity) cardio. And here I am needing to lose fat. I did keep the majority of my weight off (from 10 years ago), but my bf% has climbed back up (along with the scale) to an unacceptable level.
Maybe different bodies respond in different ways, or maybe it's just changing it up, but I feel like NROL-type workouts and diet can work for me and help me achieve my goal of getting stronger and not spending hour upon hour in the gym while being ALWAYS hungry and ALWAYS mad at myself for not being strong enough to keep starving.
I know I can lose pounds (not just fat, but pounds on the scale) through mainly diet. But that isn't the way I want to live - Wouldn't I be better off finding a lifestyle that I can maintain (be it diet, exercise, or the combination) that works for me?