I'm glad diet worked for you. But, it's not an either/or proposition. If you had managed your caloric intake during your IM training, you would have lost weight.
For the record, I'm not "emphasizing exercise". Several posters before me downplayed exercise and said basically that it's all about diet. I'm merely pointing out that calorie input control (diet) is only one side of the equation; calorie expenditure (exercise) is the other.
Run your caloric deficit anyway that works for you.
Cheers.
"100% of the people who confuse correlation and causation end up dying."
For the record, I'm not "emphasizing exercise". Several posters before me downplayed exercise and said basically that it's all about diet. I'm merely pointing out that calorie input control (diet) is only one side of the equation; calorie expenditure (exercise) is the other.
Run your caloric deficit anyway that works for you.
Cheers.
"100% of the people who confuse correlation and causation end up dying."