Thanks man. I've never been one to obey slow-and-heal instructions very well. But I'm hoping by committing to regular icing and taking it easy with exercise I can get back into it eventually.Ran 7 miles in Baltimore this afternoon. Got in town a bit before the conference starts so ran from the inner harbor to the fort and back. Good run, hope your weeks start off well. Sorry to hear about the hip pain, and echoing your hopes it's just temporary/overuse @Marmuzz. In my opinion for these types of things there's no such thing as over-icing, 20+ min 3 times a day if you can. Fingers crossed for ya!
IMHO, diet is critical. The only way to lose weight is to create a caloric deficit. There's multiple ways you can do that, but at the end of the day that's what it comes down to.So completely off topic here but kinda relevant! Doc told me I was borderline diabetic (runs in the family) I eat clean field to fork or farm to fork as we grow all our own everything but carbs were my spoiler. Almost 2 months doing a carnivore diet and I’m in the best shape I’ve been in since my early 20s! Down almost 20 lbs and my activity levels are sky rocketing I cut fat and even gained some muscle just from being able to maneuver my way around better I’m not a big guy 5’11” and was 220 lbs but just goes to show that sometimes a diet can help. I’ve recently re introduced carbs here and there and man do they stuff you QUICK
Perhaps you mean something else by your phrasing, but a caloric deficit is necessary to lose weight. It's the only way it will happen.Diet is critical, but you don't need to create a deficit. Change the type of calories by changing food choices, get active, lose weight. Not hard.
Body type is a huge influencer, but I'm watching multiple people, all different body types, crush workouts right now. More protein, less carbs, lots of water. Get active.
Perhaps you mean something else by your phrasing, but a caloric deficit is necessary to lose weight. It's the only way it will happen.
Cutting out junk food and eating better may make that easier, but 500 extra calories every day will make you gain weight whether they're from brown rice and broccoli or potato chips.
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If you're very active, have significant muscle mass, and are maintaininy where you currently are you don't need a caloric deficit. Many athletes trying to gain muscle deliberately overeat to put on both muscle and fat with a plan to drop the fat later.We can agree to disagree. A number of my friends, as well as myself are over 40. None of us starve calories and we're shredded.
It's what you put in your body.
The real unknown is how much they actually "clean up" their diet and how much "exercise" they are actually doing. I will use myself as an example. Since I got somewhat serious about being in better shape a few years ago I have dropped 2-2.5 inches in the waist but my daily weight range hasnt changed at all. Most any day of the year I will be in the 180-185 range. I have cleaned up my diet considerably from what it was but it is still not clean. Bought some donuts on the way to work this morning in fact. But back to the point, my caloric intake has never really changed and actually might be slightly higher at times but I still had to replace all of my pants because without a belt I didnt need to unbutton or unzip them to take them off. You can for sure change body composition without a caloric deficit but not without healthier food and a good amount of hard work. Now if we are talking about someone grossly overweight trying to drop 75-100 pounds, I would expect them to need cleaner food, a lot of hard work and a caloric deficit at least for some amount of time.Perhaps you mean something else by your phrasing, but a caloric deficit is necessary to lose weight. It's the only way it will happen.
Cutting out junk food and eating better may make that easier, but 500 extra calories every day will make you gain weight whether they're from brown rice and broccoli or potato chips.
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Your increase in activity and clean(er) diet most likely did put you in a calorie deficit. You can get in a caloric deficit by either burning more or taking in less or preferably both. Body weight isn't a real accurate measurement of success in a diet when weight training and higher protein/lower processed carb intake are started at the same time. You'll add muscle and lose fat. Body composition will change but the scale may not reflect it. I've seen this especially the case in women. They come in the gym a soft, doughy out of shape 140-150 pounds. Then a year later they look like fitness models and are 140-150 lbs. But the bumpy parts are in different locations.The real unknown is how much they actually "clean up" their diet and how much "exercise" they are actually doing. I will use myself as an example. Since I got somewhat serious about being in better shape a few years ago I have dropped 2-2.5 inches in the waist but my daily weight range hasnt changed at all. Most any day of the year I will be in the 180-185 range. I have cleaned up my diet considerably from what it was but it is still not clean. Bought some donuts on the way to work this morning in fact. But back to the point, my caloric intake has never really changed and actually might be slightly higher at times but I still had to replace all of my pants because without a belt I didnt need to unbutton or unzip them to take them off. You can for sure change body composition without a caloric deficit but not without healthier food and a good amount of hard work. Now if we are talking about someone grossly overweight trying to drop 75-100 pounds, I would expect them to need cleaner food, a lot of hard work and a caloric deficit at least for some amount of time.