Tatyana said:
If I remember correctly, you have completely transformed your body, and lost loads of fat.
I have seen you giving out great advice and support to others in the diet sections.
Perfect example, who are you going to listen to, someone who has never had to deal with any issues with body fat, or someone who has.
Well, to be fair, I have not finished my process of transforming. I went from ~21% bodyfat last June to 13.3% as of this morning. I want to get down to either 10% or visible abs, so that means possibly lower than 10 b/c of my fat storage patterns. I want to get there for July 1st, but, we will see what the reality of the fat loss rate is when July 1st rolls around.
I just wanted to be clear on that. I'm not going to lie about my physique, and I am especially not going to be delusional to myself about my status and let my diet slip b/c of it. I still have progress to make and I will not give up until I get there.
I have yo-yo'ed b/w bodyfat levels since I started in this game years ago. I have assimilated a large amount of conflicting information that has set me back in progress, and to be fair, some of the info has helped progress. I have tried Nelson's philosophy of avoiding cardio in the name of retaining/building muscle while staying the same bodyweight to hopefully change my bodyfat percentage. TALK ABOUT LIMBO! If anything, that hurt my progress. I have learned at the cost of wasted time and life energy that Nelson's philosophy on no cardio is DEFINITELY not applicable to me.
For me, I am either building or cutting, and hopefully losing more bodyfat to muscle in the cutting process. I just have to eat clean all the time, never totally eliminate cardio, and hope that my weight gained is mostly muscle and weight lost is mostly fat. Sure, I may not be putting my body in the best environment for high test/thyroid levels through these strategies, but AT LEAST I AM GOING IN A DIRECTION. Whats the point of avoiding cardio to keep muscle and test levels if it keeps you fat?
I have seen one exception to the rule of taking advice from people with good genetics: Tom Venuto. I would recommend to anyone Tom Venuto's "Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle". He takes a MUCH better approach to the whole fitness process, talks about motivations, goals, and lifestyle. He does advocate cardio, lots of it, and it gets results. I mold many of my philosophies from his book.