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Title: Burning Fat i need to get slim and stay slim for crew *aka: rowing team* for college. any particular diets that you can recommend? i've been told to cut back on carbs and more protein? i work out 6 days a week. M-W-F i do weight lifting and i also do cardio every day. i'm 5'5 and i'm at 171lbs. please help!!! Name: tessabell8 Date: Dec. 8th, 2001 Title: Re: Burning Fat reducing carbs and replacing them with protein is somewhat pointless if you will be consuming the same amount of calories. You will have to reduce the weight slowly otherwise your performance will be impaired. try to structure meal around training for improved performance and recovery and at the other end of the day (say nite time) reduce calories. You may find eating a meal higher in protein will lead you to eat less as you can feel "more full". weight loss relies on reducing calories in and increasing calories out, but dont try to lose more than ~1-2 lbs per week Name: whetu Date: Dec. 17th, 2001 Title: Re: Burning Fat I'm a little bit perplexed at the goals you've set. For one, rowing is an excellent exercise that will reduce your fat levels specially if you are doing it at the sport-level (competitive). As such, I wouldn't worry about you burning fat, you'll get there pretty quick. However, I'm worried about the diet -- your sport requires you to have high endurance and high energy. Thus, carbohydrates is the key the making you go the distance, not protein. If you are working out, you'll need to get the exercises that will develop strength the in the areas needed by the your sport -- your arms and legs. Weight training should then focus on this. On top of this will be endurance training -- lots of cardio work -- and again, for this, you'll need carbohydrates to keep you going. I wouldn't worry too much about the fats in the meantime. Increase your tempo and intensity in your cardio workout and you'll lose enough pounds to meet your goal -- just don't stick to the high-protein, low-carb diet. Good luck! Name: Johnny Sy Date: Jan. 3rd, 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |