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Burning fat, double time... Anonymous
/fit/, a question for you.

I have a very robust work out routine.

Week one is three days of cardio (two hours, cross training) and two days of lifting to failure.

Week two is three days of heavy lifting and two days of hard cardio (no crosstraining).

I'm definitely seeing results, in terms of slowly losing fat and building muscle. But I have no real idea what changes in my diet will kick fat burning into overdrive. Any suggestions would be great.
>> Anonymous
5 meals a day will keep your body constantly in a state of digesting. Lower your "bad" fats like saturated fats, cut out the refined sugar, and eat more starchy and fibrous carbs. Protein will help too as it takes the most energy to digest
>> Anonymous
You should only do so little cardio if you can't maintain it more often.

Ideally, you can do about an hour of cardio every day.

On meals, listen to>>28597
To build on it, make those meals well balanced. Eat a little protein, fat, and carbs with each meal. Here's what I do (based on Tom Venuto's Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle)

meal 1: shredded wheat & egg whites
meal 2: oatmeal
meal 3-5: Chicken breast sandwich (fat free cheese!) with some veggies on the side. And Goldfish for my taste buds.
>> Anonymous
>>28630

OP Here.

I could do cardio an hour a day. Should I stop lifting for now and switch to different cardios one hour a day, while I'm focused on cutting the fat?

Also, more suggestions on diet. Thanks for the tips so far! Definitely gonna be a change of pace, but I'll give it a whirl!
>> Anonymous
Drink a shit ton of green/white tea and use moderate, controlled amounts of caffeine. That'll really help your fat burning.
>> Love_Handles !xf4elShL76
>>28635

Nono, always do both. When on a fat loss diet, your body tends to want to eat its muscles. Weight training curbs that.

On weight training, your current routine sounds fine if you're hitting every major muscle group. Many people tend to avoid the legs and this causes muscle imbalance/loss of leg strength in extreme cases. But so long as you hit every major muscle group at least once a week (twice is preferred), you'll be golden until you reach a weight loss goal and start bulking up.
>> Anonymous
OP here.

I'll give this idea of clean micro meals a shot. I sat and thought about it, not liking the idea of not lifting. If anyone has anymore diet suggestions (or different workout plans!), please let me know.

Thanks for the input =)
>> Anonymous
I'm pretty sure you are over training or getting close to it if you keep that up.

cardio and training every day?? wtf.
>> Anonymous
>>28720

It's isolated workouts. Three days of cardio, two days of lifting for a given week. I generally don't lift and cardio on the same day.
>> Anonymous
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I've heard grapefruit aids your metabolism.