Extra Cardio?

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I'd appreciate some input on your various views on doing extra cardio to

accelerate

fat loss.

I'm currently reading Tom Venuto's " Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle. " He has an

approach that is fairly compatible with body for life, but he really stresses a

need for

more cardio (in addition to weights, of course). He claims that daily cardio

(at least 4

or 5x a week) will really make the fat go at a rate which will surprise most

people.

I'm around 20 lbs from my goal, but I have really come to believe that I must do

more

cardio or SOMETHING to accelerate the fat loss. When I read people's stories in

the

exercise mags, especially about people in the business as competitors or fitness

models, it does seem like they all do more cardio than BFL advocates. I

understand

the concept of the high intensity, and I do that, but it just seems to me that

over time

my results are not as I would like so I need to do SOMETHING more. I'm watching

my

diet like a hawk and not cheating etc., portion sizes are appropriate, I've been

doing

the 6x a week of exercise as outlined in BFL, but the last 3 weeks I've been

adding in

extra cardio where I can PLUS extending my 20 min. on cardio days to a full hour

(half HIIT, half moderate). I " feel " like there's a slight change, but I'm

staying off the

scales for a time and I'm not measuring until the end of week 4 next week, so I

won't

know for sure until then. I'm totally realistic about the speed with which to

anticipate

results, but I've been doing BFL for a long time and for me it's always SLOW.

Another area that I endlessly debate is about how much to actually eat. I know

you

can underdo it, and I've read that women shouldn't go below 1200 calories. I

tend to

end up at about 1300-1500, but I wonder if I should eat less than that?

I'd be curious to hear what you all have experienced vis a vis the cardio end of

things.