Nutrition, rest days, giving it your 100% ... but how?

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  • squashyhelen
    squashyhelen Posts: 143 Member
    The verdict comes in ... it was either the rest day, or the increased sardine intake, the decreased chocolate/sugar intake, or finding some different classes (to keep my mind more engaged). Today, the energy level was definitely up there! I was able to push the max heart rate to 190 at one point and virtually felt the heat being emanated from my body. Now happily settling down to chow some more calories.
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    Looking at your 2nd photo, you are already pretty lean. Thus, you should only be eating roughly 250 to 300 calories below your TDEE. Secondly, you don't need to do that much exercise since most of the fat loss should come from eating less. By creating too large of a deficit, much of that beautiful muscle mass will be used as fuel since you'd be approaching the upper limit in fat oxidation in a 24-hour period (yes, we have a limit to how much fat mass can be burned in a day).
  • squashyhelen
    squashyhelen Posts: 143 Member
    Looking at your 2nd photo, you are already pretty lean. Thus, you should only be eating roughly 250 to 300 calories below your TDEE. Secondly, you don't need to do that much exercise since most of the fat loss should come from eating less. By creating too large of a deficit, much of that beautiful muscle mass will be used as fuel since you'd be approaching the upper limit in fat oxidation in a 24-hour period (yes, we have a limit to how much fat mass can be burned in a day).

    Wait... what is the limit on fat oxidation? I don't want to lose my muscles! All I want to do is lose fat from my thighs. Unfortunately my body is like a tube of toothpaste and you have to squeeze the fat out from top down. If I just loose 4 more pounds of fat, I think the thighs will be forced to evaporate some now that the rest of me is in better shape ... Also, if one strength trains (only recently started to include this), and eat more protein after a workout, would one still end up cannabalizing the muscles?

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