Need thoughts from the ladies.....

[Shak]

Shadow, do you ever do cardio? Or have you eliminated it from your training altogether?

I'd love to cut out cardio completely, but I'm worried that I won't have as much luck burning fat towards the end of my cutting period if I'm still relying on diet alone.

 

[The Shadow]

Shadow, do you ever do cardio? Or have you eliminated it from your training altogether?

I'd love to cut out cardio completely, but I'm worried that I won't have as much luck burning fat towards the end of my cutting period if I'm still relying on diet alone.

I do....sparingly and only until I need to.

I gained(intentionally) up to 232 for a stage performance last Sept......I lost back down to 195 for my last play which was 2 weeks ago.

I did, I think, 5 days of cardio...total........and that was simply because I was getting over poneumonia and wanted to see what my cardio endurance was.

My training is very intense and usually fast paced.....I rest only long enough for my partner to complete her set.

DO this:

Look at when you want to complete cutting, decide how many pounds you want to lose and look at progress as pounds lost per 2 weeks.....if you are on target, forget the cardio.....if you are getting a bit behind..slowly add in some cardio and see how it works.

 

[jenscats5]

I understand...but



What stimulates fat loss???

Burning more cals than you take in.

Correct??


...if so, then why eat an extra 300 cals and then have to go burn them off??


From a cortisol standpoint you are MUCH better off not eating them than to eat them and then do cardio......


any thoughts??

Oh, I agree & what you say makes perfect sense.....However, I have yet to get over my ability & training from when I was a child to: 1) eat cuz it's time not cuz you're hungry 2) eat cuz it's there & eat it all and 3) stop eating large portions.

21 years of having to eat like 1,2 & 3 is taking me quite a bit of time to get over so it's hard for me to keep my diet in line. I'm anal about it, measure everything, record every little thing into fitday, plan ahead, carry my food blah blah blah.....but someone brings in a bag of candy at work & it's all over. So I still have to do cardio, for now.....

Now where is my muzzle??

 

[The Shadow]

Now where is my muzzle??

lol

 

[Gymgurl]

You can pass me one of those to!!

 

[Daisy_Girl]

Me three!

 

[jenscats5]

Yeah I really needed it today cuz someone bought a giant bag of Reese's mini PB cups to work and so of course I had to have 10 of them. Great!!

Can I consider today a cheat day?? LOL

 

[Barak]

Don't feel bad we had 3 birthday parties at work this week and my protein levels plummeted although my junk food levels went thru the roof. Oh well work harder tomorrow.

 

[Gymgurl]

My week is crazy....I'm having problems with my Gallbladder and oatmeal it the only thing that dosen't kill me when I eat it...so I have been eating a lot of carbs..not a ton, but more than i like to