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Originally Posted by fengshway
oh, here is a cross post from my log so you can all see how conflicted I am about restricting my calories. for me, leaning out will have to happen over a few more YEARS, lol:
I am just posting these things to my log to keep me motivated. I would love for my body to change dramatically over the 6 months, but it just might not happen. I am maintaining a 70 pound weight loss, so further loss of body fat would definitely require a significant eating change. I already eat clean most of the time, and I eat reasonable portions. while I am tempted to do something dramatic like TNT or other plans that are conducive to losing body fat, I know what happens with my history when I restrict like that--diets for me lead to compensatory overeating every single time I have done them. I wish I didn't have such messed up eating problems, but this is what happens when I restrict calories too much or restrict carbs too much.
so I am choosing to focus on athletic performance, while still being accountable to monthly pictures and measurements. I realize that losing body fat would certainly improve my running, but I have to be realistic. I refuse to do anything during a fat loss phase that I am not willing to do for the rest of my life on maintenance. and the only thing that has worked for me is painfully slow weight loss. it took me a whole year to lose 15 pounds over the past year. and the closer I get to goal, the slower it seems to go.
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Well, to be blunt, it sounds like you've made your choice.
You realize what further improvements in body composition will cost you, and you've decided not to take those steps. Which is fine.
But, I have to remind you that you're not magically different from anyone else. Your body still is a slave to thermodynamics.
As I said, I've yet to see anyone actually get to bodybuilding contest shape by *not* focusing on dietary restriction. Diet will trump activity *every* time.
That may not be what you're after, though -- you didn't expand on any goals. Without knowing what your'e actually trying to accomplish, it's hard to say.
I will say this: a lot of people, women especially, tend to have this notion that it's on/off, all or nothing. YOu're either eating clean and being totally obsessive, or you're just eating crap and not monitoring anything.
You can exist in moderation between the two approaches. Interestingly enough the hardest part of contest prepping women has been getting them to understand this, and the fact that you *don't* have to drive yourself into the ground with exercise, to end up looking decent.
I think this whole "eat more and do more activity" thing is reactionary to that....but it's pushing back too hard.