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Originally Posted by PowerManDL
Bytsi -- Stop thinking in binary terms.
It's not about either
1) restricting calories like crazy and doing tons of volume of SS cardio
or
2) lifting heavy and doing intervals while eating a lot more food
There's a happy medium in between the two.
You can rely on lifting, moderate calorie deficits, and moderate to low amounts of "metabolic work". You just have to keep those three factors in balance. The more high-intensity activity, the more the need to eat.
You just need to establish a net calorie balance in order to decrease fat mass. Nobody here is suggesting that you drop calories as low as you can stand and sit on the treadmill for 2 hours a day.
There's a point of moderation between all these variables.
You have to stop thinking of it as an either/or thing.
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Thanks - you hit on the exact issue for me - WHERE is that balance? If it's not either/or, where is the point of moderation for me? I'm struggling with how much of what to include...
If I stick exactly to NROL4W, will I lose fat? Not that gaining muscle is bad, but do I need to pick one OR the other, or can I focus on getting strong (or at least staying strong) and getting that increased RMR plus the metabolic work to get the fat off too? I don't want to go back to SS cardio - I much prefer to get it over with quickly (albeit painfully) with HIIT. But if that's going to drive my appetite up too high, then ????
I don't know how much I should actually eat -- I did the calculations and got numbers, but I know that's just an estimate. Do I trust what my body says it wants (hunger-guided eating, as long as it's eating clean and hitting within the guidelines of my total macros) or should I be ok with staying hungry just to hit a certain daily caloric goal number (like 1600 calories)?
So... can anyone help me figure out the balance? I have the information, but I'm struggling with applying it in my own life.