@T_Nation Bare minimum is 3 days a week, I also run 2 days and cycle a minimum of 5. If I am feeling like it I throw in more work with the weights, but never more than 5. This does change if I get sick.
Health and fitness are about much more than how many calories you burn and eat each day.
Too many people spend their entire life in a perpetual state of trying to lose more weight.
Ironically, when you quit trying to starve yourself and, instead, focus on getting strong as all hell, regularly moving your body, and fueling it with foods that make you feel great...
You lose more fat, build more muscle, and actually love your body.
You shouldn’t eat high quality food because you’re obsessed with losing weight.
You should eat high quality food because you like the way it makes you feel, you enjoy the energy it gives you, and you love the strength and health benefits it provides.
Yes, eating high quality food can help you lose weight. And that’s a fine goal to have.
But it shouldn’t be your only reason for eating nutritious foods.
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You shouldn’t lift weights to burn calories.
You should lift weights to get stronger, build muscle, feel better, reduce your risk of injury, increase your confidence, and improve your performance.
Yes, lifting weights obviously burns calories.
But that’s not why you should do it.
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You shouldn’t do cardio to burn calories.
You should do cardio to improve your heart health, lung health, increase your confidence, and improve your performance.
Yes, cardio obviously burns calories.
But that’s not the only (or main) reason you should do it.
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If you lost 1 pound per week, every week for a year... that'd be 52 pounds.
104 pounds in 2 years.
The scale will not go down every day.
Or even every week.
You know this.
Stop losing your shit when your weight randomly spikes up.
It's normal. Keep going.