I had the same urge! What happened? Injured my back and stalled my metabolism to a crawl...

Used to power lift 3 hours a day 7 days a week, Elliptical machine an hour a day 7 days a week, AND walk 3 miles on the track a day, everyday. As for food I'd eat twice a day full of carbs and protein!

Switched to a lighter program not expecting massive weight loss in a rapid time and the results were excellent! Check out what I do now compared to before

90mins of light weight lifting/toning, 5 days a week
Elliptical 30 mins a day, 7 days a week
1 mile around the track, 5 days a week

AND

6 meals a day (atkins) with 128 ounces of water a day!

Also, a lot of it is pure mental just read the numerous posts and profiles of other users and see how they all set up mini-goals. To me mini-goals is what changed my lifestyle so effectively and efficiently.


::EDIT:: I forgot this about what you posted: Don't cut calories!! That doesn't seem to work on Atkins. Instead raise your fat in take and eat more times a day. On fitday I'm having 75% of my calories from fat and I'm losing nicely.


Laterz,