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I'm eating between 1000-1600 per day.
Brutal. I was doing about 1500 when I first started. The weight was coming off steady for a few months, but a little too fast. So I bumped it up to 1800. Stayed on that for a month and then I hit a plateau and dropped it down to 1600 and then back to 1500. Intermittent fast works pretty well. Basically just skip a meal like dinner and no snacks between meals. I've done this a couple times, but be careful because the weight will really drop off.
I'm working out at the gym. I've been doing Weight lifting and some cardio everyday. It's tough not eating all the things I want. I'm trying to get to my high school weight. 175 lbs. Right now I'm around 188-191. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. I'm over half way there and have built up a routine for the moment.
That's good. I was a little overweight so decided to lose some lbs. Then I discovered that I had been at the wrong weight most of my life. So I decided to lose a lot more weight. Whatever I read decades ago about the correct weight for my height was not good. The correct weight varies and is usually a range. What I had read a long time ago was if you're this height you should be this weight which makes no sense because it doesn't take into consideration bone structure and lean mass.
Some cardio is okay, but I heard doing it too frequently can be detrimental to losing strength hence why you see those sickly scrawny marathon runners. The human body wasn't made for that long distance running like that. You look at track athletes and those people are very fit. Plus, cardio doesn't burn many calories compared to just dieting, but whatever works for you. I will get on the bike for like 5 minutes to get the blood flowing and that's about it before I start lifting. Lifting on a calorie deficit is tough, that's for sure.
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