powerman, I really appreciate your post, you are correct! I have made my choice for now! I couldn't agree more on the "off" and "on" diet mentality--it is rampant, particularly with women. and for me, has always led to compensatory overeating. that is why I love what I am doing now so much--I feel great.
cycomico, yep, I've done the whole cheat day thing. same result as as what you described. I have a friend who lives locally, but she is a nationally known fitness model--she does that whole cheat day thing, and it always severely overeats on that day, especially "cheat" type foods. I am to the point now where I can have small quanitities of non-nutritious food occasionally and they are not triggering. I don't like the way they make me feel in frequent or larger quantities.
my current activity
NROLW 3 times per week
3 runs per week, one track, one tempo, one 7 mile longish run--fitness goal is to become a faster runner at the marathon distance--target marathon is 11-30-08, currently training for a 5k on may 3.
I am not sure if this qualifies as relying soley on HITT or not. my results are slow--one pound of fat loss per month, with 1.5 pounds of muscle gain over two months (calipers).
To have more fat loss, I would have to cut my calories further, for me, my slow results are diet related and not training related I think. (currently eating 100-200 calories below maintenance daily) macros 50/25/25, mostly all whole foods, homecooked.
If I wanted to kick the fat loss into higher gear, what would you all recommend? cutting more calories? adding ss cardio?
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