To The Boneyard

it’s working :) I had begun gaining last week because my metabolism had adapted to my lower caloric intake. So I started exercising more and focusing on protein intake (while keeping calories generally the same as where I was when I had begun gaining) and I lost weight again. It’s only been two days of doing this, but I think this will work. It will keep my metabolism up while allowing me the fat loss I so desperately want. Actually yesterday I even ate about 100 MORE calories than I usually eat and I still lost weight.

So I’m reading a research study about caloric restriction and “metabolic adaptation,” essentially that the human body’s metabolism will adapt over time to how much energy input it’s receiving. Blah blah blah, metabolic adaptation happens, we plateau and stop losing weight; we all know that. What I DIDN’T know is that the study also cites five different studies that report that EXERCISE-INDUCED WEIGHT LOSS DOES NOT CAUSE METABOLIC ADAPTATION.

…. so the athletes have been right all along?????? I used to think caloric restriction and exercise had no real appreciable difference between them. But between this and the fact that exercising keeps muscle instead of allowing it to waste with body fat during weight loss? I’m………….