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  • don't know if it works but I read racing weight by matt fitzgerald, and after one week of applying the principles (as I understood them) it has made precisely f-all difference, but it advocates a long term healthy diet (whole grains, fruit, nuts, eggs, low fat proteins etc.) fuelled by nutrient dense foods with carbs of around 60% of diet coming from whole grain carbs. it talks about working out Base metabolic rate and using that plus activity to dictate how much food you eat, and implies that eating slightly less will give you long term steady weight loss down towards the suggested body fat targets for your age and sport aspirations.

    Most of it makes sense, although there are quite a few sections where he suggests an approach and then goes on to completely contradict himself without a satisfactory explanation about when and how often to apply either theory or practice.

    It is quite motivational and generally engagingly written, suggesting things that I already know (i.e. that even if you are running a big calorie deficit it still isn't the best idea to shove in an entire cake) but its useful to hear it and have a book sitting by me when I think about visiting the work vending machine, so worth a read.

    It isn't going to get you mega quick results but if you are committed then it will deliver results in broad terms and allow you to train properly towards your marathon targets, without the huge crashes and gorging that I usually get when trying to train and follow conventional "diets"

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