Calorie deficit and exercise improvement?
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 3:03 pm
I'm not sure if it's pointful to ask because I can just run an experiment to see, but I'd like to ditch at least 10 stubborn pounds ASAP. The thing is, I'm involved in the self-imposed torture of a couch to 50k program, which is going OK so far, and don't want to do anything that would stop my muscle or endurance improvement. (It's like couch to 5k, except that I currently run/walk 60-70 miles per week. I'm steadily increasing the percentage I run versus walk.)
The first thing I'm going to do is absolutely clean up my diet, with the help of the Cronometer religion, but other than that:
- Should I still be able to improve while maintaining a moderate calorie deficit?
- Should I first try decreasing fat percentage as low as I can, based on that recent metabolic ward study that shows that fat continues to be burned even if it's not eaten?
- Is there some periodicity that could be helpful, like eating ad libitum on LSD days but skipping breakfast (er, I mean "intermittent fasting") during the rest of the week?
- Will just increasing mileage eventually take care of it? I can eat a lot!
The first thing I'm going to do is absolutely clean up my diet, with the help of the Cronometer religion, but other than that:
- Should I still be able to improve while maintaining a moderate calorie deficit?
- Should I first try decreasing fat percentage as low as I can, based on that recent metabolic ward study that shows that fat continues to be burned even if it's not eaten?
- Is there some periodicity that could be helpful, like eating ad libitum on LSD days but skipping breakfast (er, I mean "intermittent fasting") during the rest of the week?
- Will just increasing mileage eventually take care of it? I can eat a lot!