I thing you may want to serioulsy reexamine where you get your fat loss info. While that guy may be a great triathlete the only real realization is that a triathlete or a distance runner cannot train like a sprinter all the time.

When someone is going to make scientific assertions they need some sources to back it up. A lot of what he says is just dead wrong. Especially the idea that the body only burns fat at this one certain intensity. I.E. until he started training a certain way his body didn't "know" how to burn fat. Just not true. While higher percentages of fat may be burned at lower intensities anytime you are using you muscles do do work at any realistic amount of time all fuel sources will come into play to on extent or another. It's the myth of the "fat burning zone".

Even in HIIT, as Dave suggested you try, fat will be utilized to some extent, and in fact, even though fat oxidation will be lower in percentage if more calories are burned the total amount of fat burned can be the same if not higher. It is a trick of mathematics that makes people thing that higher percentage translates alway to a higher number. I'm not really preacing one way or another, just saying that the fat burning zone isn't a reality.

Also, as Dave suggested, what has worked up to this point may not necessarily keep working. Low intensity, high intensity, no intensity is the "key" to overall fat loss. What works is what works. AND what you can maintain and doesn't have your body desearately rebounding as soon as you let down your guard.

BTW, 15% is a great healthy number for the normal active person. You've done a fantastic job so good work. My .02 would be to focus on appearance at this point instead of single digit numbers, which are neither necessary or realistic to maintain for everyone.

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.