Weight Loss and Waist Gain or Vice Versa, What Gives?

[Aragorn]

@Christian_Thibaudeau

You seem to be deadset in believing that some small (or large) nutritional change will suddenly make your body mobilize fat like crazy. If what you are saying about your nutrition is exact, then it’s not the problem. Your body is simply inefficient at mobilizing fat and it is your exercise program that will improve that.

When I used to prepare people for physique competitions (I still do from time to time, but I work mostly with performance athletes) lowering calories or cutting out stuff from the diet was always the last thing I did (well once the client was already on a rational fat loss dietary plan). I always used exercise first to stimulate fat loss and only lowered calories or cut out some stuff from the diet when I had no other option.

Doing more exercise isn’t only about burning more calories, in fact it isn’t THAT important. To me, doing intense exercise improves your capacity to mobilized energy stores. And the more you have to mobilize them, the better you become at that task and the easier fat loss becomes.

I am less convinced that your nutrition is exact. But what CT says is true and if you want to improve you’ll start moving around more.