Making Adjustments According to Results

So, I've decided that my early start at peak fitness is really propitious in that it gives me plenty of time to figure out how my body works. As Tom Venuto sagaciously suggests, the bottom line is really about your results and that according to them, one must make adjustments. It's getting the right energy balance that produces fat loss. That's the key distinction. It's not a question of simply doing more or eating less (although that is obviously the underlying principle to successful fat loss). One must also eat enough and not burn too much. Too few calories or too many burnt calories will not result in successful fat loss. (i.e. Biggest Loser)

A female bodybuilder informed me yesterday that she did not lose the last of her fat until she upped her daily calories to 2,000. The increase in calories fed her muscles. They, in turn grew and ate up the remaining fat on her body - body fat that would not go away when she was consuming 1500 calories a day.

This to me is very fascinating. It's counterintuitive, to say the least. So, what I'm going to do is up my calories by, say, 200 a day. I'm going to keep my cardio between 30-40 minutes a day. Plus, I'm going to hit my weight training very hard. Next Monday I'll have my body fat measured again and adjust my diet accordingly. I'm not concerned with "weight." I'm concerned with body fat percentage only.