You're right Fisher .. I'm definitely a cardio junkie
Don't get me wrong .. I still LOVE lifting, but cardio has always been my "crutch" to keep my weight in check. I was incredibly overweight until I was 16 or 17 years old (I'm 33 now) .. so there's that "heavy girl" in my head that adapted to heavy cardio to make sure I never went back there again. Granted, based on "scale weight", I'm not technically overweight .. but I'm definitely "skinny fat" .. and I can't stand the amount of fat/flab I'm sporting now. I don't ever want to be double digits again in terms of weight .. It's taken me 10 years to realize how shitty I looked and how miserable my life was trying to sustain that. I DO however want to feel better about my appearance, which means leaning out and tightening up everything, while still having some softness .. I don't aspire to look like a bodybuilder, and quite frankly, I can't fathom the though of being so rigid again that I can't have the occasional slice of cake or piece of candy. But I can't figure out how to eat for training purposes that isn't mundane, tasteless and as I ate previously, incredibly boring .. I lived on salads, and raw veggies