I’ve been working out for about 4 months now (HIIT on a spin bike and a bit of weightlifting ~20 mins.) three times a week. I’m seeing good improvement in health and physique despite having no idea what I’m doing.
My motivator was calories, but now when I work out I burn way less calories because my body is getting used to the stress, I think. What’s happening? Is my workout less useful than before? Can I not eat as much or is my body burning more fuel now?
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Well, poor writing aside (your motivator was calories? What’s that even mean?) I’ll try to glisten your meaning.
Sounds like your workout has become easier and either your weight loss has slowed or you’re seeing less visual changes. You’re probably burning about the same amount of calories, maybe a little less if you’ve lost some weight.
If you want to continue to see improvements, you have to work harder.
A healthy diet is important, but no amount of dieting will get you ripped. For that you need to exercise, often and vigorously, and you will need to continue to push yourself.
Dieting will increase the speed of fat loss, but without proper protein intake you won’t build muscle (the hard part, losing fat is easy), and without enough nutrients and calories you will be low energy and will have trouble exercising as often, which will slow muscle growth and fat loss.
So, eat your salads and lean meats and beans. Exercise more.
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