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Originally Posted by loCarbJ
Further for Built:
You mentioned that when you ran a lot, "you got freaking hungry" doing all that running. You also said that you weren't on Atkins during that time. You said that you gained weight, especially in your legs and thighs.
These are all the classic signs of glycogen-burning. You pushed you body above your aerobic threshold and depleted your glycogen stores. This signals your body to build bigger muscle so that won't happen next time. Then, when you finished running, your glycogen window openned, to bring in fuel for that rebuilding process, and that's what made you so "freaking hungry". You weren't low carbing, so your body was used to being in a glycogen burning state.
This is why I made it a point of walking first, in stage one, and only then moving to cycling, in stage two, and then jogging, and then running. To avoid pushing the body into glycogen-burning mode. Whenever you push your body into the glycogen burning mode, you usually gain mass.
J
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I had this thought, about the glucose-burning mode.
I actually did a LOT of cardio when I started low-carbing because it made sense to do so (ie fat-burning), and it seemed to work well, initially, but then I just got "stuck". My upper body leaned out nicely, six pack abs etc, but the fatty deposits on my hips and legs from YEARS of being overweight and doing ALL the wrong things have basically settled in as "damage".
I actually had to cut back most of my cardio earlier this year because it was interfering with my body composition - basically, eating away my upper body muscle, and my legs weren't getting ANYWHERE. And I couldn't shake the fluff off my abs that I gained last fall when I bulked (deliberately), even when I did induction for a month.
Now that I've dropped a lot of my cardio and focussed on my lifting, I am starting to see my quads thorough the fat, and my abs are almost back.
So, given what you now know about my history and training and diet, what would you suggest for someone like me to drop what's left of my lower body, estrogenic fat (and I like my big leg muscles, so I'm not trying to drop that part) that won't make me lose the pipes? Keep in mind, for me, it's not "shape" I'm after, but an even distribution of body fat, which I still do not have.
Sorry for the threadjack Vanity - I'm hoping selfishly that this might be relevant for you too.