Should I continue on this program?

[varoz]

I've been doing the bodyforlife program for the past month with some good results. I have lost about 5 lbs of fat but I also noticed that I look way smaller and thinner and I maybe asking for too much but I would like to lose my fat but also gain muscle. I weigh 179 lbs with about 19% bf.

I am still confused as to the best way to gain muscle AND lost fat. According to the program I was to take in about 2200 calories /day, which I have been doing. An example of one of my days would be as follows;

8am - 2 Eggs and 4 ew, 2 toast, 1 tb skim milk
11am - MRP Shake (48g P, 5g F, 15g C)
1pm - Chicken Salad
3pm - MRP Shake
6pm - Chicken, rice, vegi's
9pm - MRP Shake

I was training in the mornings on an empty stomach and then the book says to wait an hour after training for optimal fat burning so I would do that too! Typically I would eat a shake immedialty after training but thought I would give this a try. Is this ok or should I take a shake?

I train as the BFL program specifies:
M - Upper Body
T - Cardio (HITT) 20 minutes
W - Lower Body
R - Cardio (HITT) 20 minutes
F - Upper Body
S - Cardio (HITT) 20 minutes
S - OFF

then switch lower with upper the following week


I Guess what I am looking for is some advice from the people on this board on how to get bigger and lose my fat as my goal for this summer is to finally see my abs and become more muscular. Should I keep up with this program or should I follow a different program?

My second question is about how to eat when I begin my cycle ( winny, eq, proponate) in a few months. Should I continue as normal or should I increase my protein intake only, or totally revamp my diet??

Thanks so much guys....

 

[Millie]

The diet looks pretty bad. There are too many carbs all throughout the day, even at night. Also there are no EFA's. I would substitute the MRP's with real food.

How long have you been training for?
If you are just starting out you shouldn't be thinking about doing cycles yet.

 

[varoz]

lol....thanks. I am pretty much lost as to what I should be doing for my diet. Is there anywhere I can go to educate myself in regards to dieting for bulking and cutting? I dont know why but I find this stuff harder to understand than I think it should be. PLEASE HELP!

 

[~SC~]

Do a search on BFL here, and try Anabolicreview.com where I'm Diet Guru Vet. Tons of info about this and other very important dietary information.

~SC~
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