Jayman30187
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People making losing fat hard.
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Monday, December 12, 2005 10:58 AM
People like to make it complicated... What I see working for me is a lower calorie diet with higher protein with added cardio with 6 small meals a day and drinking water with CLA....
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danmirage
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RE: People making losing fat hard.
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Monday, December 12, 2005 2:08 PM
Funny how easy that can be!
But you can't keep lowering calories.
Some people already consume too few.
Sometimes (in the above case) you have to raise calories to lose the fat.
And if you lose muscle and bodyweight, the losses stop adn you start gaining weight...and people don't know what happened!
If you don't train the muscles hard enough or train too hard...you might lose muscle too.
So it can be a little challenging to stay ahead of the body for max muscle retention and max fat loss.
Sounds like you get the balance.
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dcdrummeraz
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RE: People making losing fat hard.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:56 PM
I know this may sound weird but isnt it kinda hard to lose a lot of muscle even if your eating much less than you need. Lets say you need 3000 calories for maintence but instead you eat 1800. Now i know youll lose fat but will you truly lose that much muscle? Couldnt that muscle be gained back just my switching back to slightly above maintenence and gain it faster than it took to lose it?
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RE: People making losing fat hard.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:48 AM
Yes, actually, you do lose muscle.
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danmirage
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RE: People making losing fat hard.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006 7:38 AM
When the body is in extreme caloric deprivation it releases chemicals that preferentially burn muscle for energy and spare fat.
Yes if you correct the deficit adn train you can rely on muscle memory to replenish the muscle quickly. However expanded fat srotes are not necessarily quick to leave and fat burned fat replenishes quickly too!
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