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Originally Posted by Danif
So I'm curious...Why would you say IP is not for me?I'm losing and feel good. In total I want to lose 45 pounds. When I say not much weight I mean it compared to most doing this diet. Will try heavier weight smaller reps and see how it goes.
I didn't see your stats. For a goal of 45 lbs I see no problem with the IP diet except that if you're already trained it very likely if you diet down 45 lbs without break that you'll lose some muscle. If you don't want to lose any muscle you should probably take a break after six weeks and then resume for another six weeks and then evaluate. Just my opinion but on such a low calorie diet muscle loss is going to happen if you just plow through till the end.
Also, 45 lbs is an arbitrary number. I wouldn't fixate on it.
Finally, IP coaches are for the most part, not well educated on fitness nor nutrition. Yours seems to be a good example of one that knows very little based on their comments to you.
If you just want to lose weight, and don't care about keeping your muscle, you should definately cease all exercise. Weight loss will increase as catabolized muscle turned to energy provides far less energy than fat utilized for energy. This increases WEIGHT loss. Not fat loss.
If you care about fat loss, and want to keep your muscles, don't stop lifting. You just need to keep the volume low so your body can recover. The lower your caloric intake the more difficult it is for your body to recover.
If you really want better information, specific to YOUR situation, I would highly reccomend Lyle Mcdonald's forum. Just be aware they are not very nice so you should research any questions you have before asking.