1) I can understand that point. However, I think this especially becomes a problem when you do not have some sort of diet plan in effect. Perhaps I should have added that point to my original post. You have to plan and record what you eat, preferably in advance. More advanced people will have a better sense of how much they are eating, but if you have never dieted before it would be a bad idea to wing it. The carbs themselves have no negative effects on your results and help your general performance. So in stead of choosing one or the other, I would suggest to eat both. Plan a moderate carb intake in advance and eat your veggies to fill you up. The veggies will not have a lot of calories, as you already know, so there is plenty of room to eat both. It will also make it easier to create an enjoyable diet which will ultimately make it more likely to succeed
2) You could consider these 5 basic lifts as your foundation: squats, deadlifts, bent over rows, overhead presses and bench presses. As pointed out earlier, the goal is to maintain your current level of muscle in a calorie deficit. Those exercises are what retains the muscle and strength as most of your muscles will be worked. The calorie deficit is what makes you lose the fat. Now, if you want to add hill sprints to that foundation that is fine. But do not, ever, make it a part of the foundation and switch it with one of the basic lifts.
2) You could consider these 5 basic lifts as your foundation: squats, deadlifts, bent over rows, overhead presses and bench presses. As pointed out earlier, the goal is to maintain your current level of muscle in a calorie deficit. Those exercises are what retains the muscle and strength as most of your muscles will be worked. The calorie deficit is what makes you lose the fat. Now, if you want to add hill sprints to that foundation that is fine. But do not, ever, make it a part of the foundation and switch it with one of the basic lifts.
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