You can also switch your calorie intake around.
This has worked wonders for me, because together with an exercise plan like you're doing, it kicks your metabolism in high gear while you're also creating calorie deficits.
Basically, you're tricking into letting your body think it's being overfed (so it's safe to keep burning calories) while you're actually creating energy deficits (so it'll have to tap into fat stores).
Just go 3 days on lower calorie intake, and then 1 day on higher.
Or 5 days on lower and 2 days on higher.
That way your body never feels it needs to adapt to the lower energy intake and adjust its metabolism... and so it'll keep burning calories, which you benefit from on your low days.
If you also eat really clean on your low days, it's 'safe' to even indulge a bit on the high days and eat something you really like.
This is what I like to do. It keeps me motivated, because I can strategically cheat and actually plan around that. For example, when I know I'm having dinner with friends or something, I plan a higher calorie day so I can basically eat what I want and make it work in my advantage.
That keeps me going easily for longer periods of time.
And for me, it has worked very well and keeps working very well.
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