Stubborn body fat on semi-competitive runner?

dritius wrote:

here's this diet BS again wrote:

Metabolism. Any one of these three do something about that. All three at once, does way more than 3x better.

Would performance suffer by taking all three together? I'd imagine that I would have to hydrate A LOT if I attempted this.

First off, this definitely does work within reason. EC stack probably gives a 5-10% boost in metabolism, which is as noticeable as it sounds. You're quite amped up, HR is noticeably higher, and you tend to run hotter. Intense endurance exercise or anything in the heat is generally considered at least a little risky as a result.

It does an excellent job blunting hunger initially and obviously gives a large energy boost. If you're a high responder to stims, be careful if you try this. It's strong enough to be overwhelming. It's also not "proven" safe. Works for a lot of people, but there is some risk to EC stack, particularly if you have any heart issues. I *think* it's also illegal in the doping sense, if that's an issue for you and you race competitively. You'd want to double check that.

Standard here would be 3x a day 200mg caffeine + one bronkaid tablet. Aspirin is debated whether or not it is needed.

It's your diet. Less sugar and carbohydrate intake, more fat and protein intake.

Don't worry about weights, percentages, and macros right now.

Your protein is a little high but as long as you are eating plenty of carbs, I don't see it as a problem.

That being said, you need more, more, more. Carbs, calories, and vegetables are too low.

Focus on getting faster and eat healthy food until you are full, the rest will take care of itself.

dritius wrote:

I am currently running upwards of 60mpw and will be going up to 70mpw within the next few weeks but I can't seem to drop stubborn body fat. I am 5'7" and 128lbs and have a fairly good composition (hovering around 10% body fat +/-2%). No matter how much I seem to run, the stubborn body fat on my lower abs, love handles, chest and rear delts seem unaffected while my arms, legs, neck, upper back, etc. get incredibly lean..

10% is low body fat.

mythantrhopic wrote:

dritius wrote:

I just turned 18 two months ago, but as a kid I was on the chubbier side (never obese but nothing even closely resembling lean). Since then I became very active, on top of my daily runs I lift several times a week and swim for cross training about 2 days a week. I'm convinced that my last bits of fat are because of the trans fats I ate as a kid and are going to stay with me for years.

haha, this is like saying that chewing gum sits in your stomach for seven months.

It's pretty obvious from the last sentence (the trans fats bit) that the op has a possible ED and weird ideas about nutrition. Best not poke the bear. They seem a little sensitive.

dritius wrote:

I'm convinced that my last bits of fat are because of the trans fats I ate as a kid and are going to stay with me for years.

^Don't think this is true.

Does having excess body fat when you are younger make it harder for you to burn fat as opposed to someone who was skinnier growing up?