as has been mentioned several times in this thread. the question was in regards to extending the diet another 2 weeks to lose the last 5 pounds of excess fat i have stored, i've shown the muscle loss calcs and also stated i planned on muscle loss going in to this phase.
i also stated what my goals are and the plan to achieve them. i've also mentioned my fat loss to be within the health and fitness industry healthy max of 3 pounds per week.
i am no more yo-yoing than a bodybuilder pre-contest, much less in fact.
my body weight and proportions were within all healthy limits prior to even starting this.
so i am really unsure of the point of this post.
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Originally Posted by NetHorse
I'm not going to get too much into it, but yes you can lose fat by diet alone. However, I STRONGLY recommend you do some cardio in combination with your diet routine. Not only will you lose more fat but you will be 10 times healthier, your endurance will go up thus allowing you to complete more repetitions while lifting and you can better tweak your diet to maintain more muscle. If you're starving yourself but not doing any cardio you're going to just look anorexic, who wants that look? I don't know about you, but I strive for a MUSCULAR and lean build.
Maintaining a sub 10% BF in most cases is very difficult. Especially with no cardio in your routine, good luck building new muscle and staying under 10% BF with diet alone.
I've been on a moderate diet, with cardio 3X week and weight lifting 3X a week. I'm 226lbs @ around 13%. I would look better if I was a bit leaner, but I'd rather not "yoyo" I feel I can comfortably stay at my size without a crash diet and most importantly my routine is healthy.
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