Only advice I wanna give you is watch yourself with those calipers man..... Reason I say that is, you can become obsessed with it, and it can negatively affect your training if you let it...... It isn't the Calipers that are evil mind you, it's just the constant measuring, and making adjustments based on the measurements..... I got totally wrapped up in this a few years ago, and it was great at first...... However, if I had a week where I didn't lose as much fat, or didn't gain as much muscle, I got depressed..... Ok, not REAL depression, but you are let down, and it can affect your mood...... Also, no matter how youre measuring, it can be wrong, unless you have access to water density testing..... Example: If youre using Calipers to do an Ab measurement, and you really want a good measurement this time, you can suck in a lil extra hard, or press the caliper extra hard to get that extra mm..... I know, I've done it, even if you don't do it consciously, you can do it, and it's not accurate...... At one point the calipers were telling me that I was 4.3% BF, and I knew I wasn't that lean by just looking at myself...... I wasn't doing the measurements the right way cause I wanted them to read what I wanted them to read..... It's hard to explain, but I've seen a few friends do similar stuff with their training..... I finally decided to not measure any more, and just go off what I see in the mirror, and what the scale says...... I don't even weigh myself much either, maybe twice per month, and we all know that scale weight means shit to a BB anyway..... My point is that I'm much happier in my training, and my progress this way..... Therefore, I'm more consistant in the gym, and I give it my all everytime, and it works better that way for me....
Also, as far as the body adapting to cardio, that isn't really true as you state it...... Sure, your body gets used to the stress, but it still has to burn calories while youre doing the exercise, there is no way to stop that..... i don't care if you walk the same path for 10yrs everyday, it will still burn a certain amount of calories EVERYDAY you do it...... The body doesn't figure out a way to wallk that path by burning less calories..... Expending energy equals calories burned, equals losing fat..... Sounds like youre a dedicated dude, which is the most important part of training and getting results you want...... However, just don't let it warp your thinking, or make you obsess on it..... Good luck bro....
rizz