I would rather see newcomers to fitness do a much more gradual program that would allow them to both add muscle and
lose bodyfat at the same time and for this you want at most a 10 % caloric deficit.
Not exact matches
Researchers
at Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, New York) found that subjects following a high - protein diet — 40 % of total daily calories from protein — for 8 weeks
lost significantly more
bodyfat, especially abdominal fat, than those following a low - fat / high - carb diet.
Measuring your
bodyfat is very important to do if you are weight lifting in addition to
losing fat because if you are gaining muscle and
losing fat
at the same time, the scale alone wont indicate your progress.
When you're TRULY
losing your last 10 + pounds of belly, hip & thigh fat where your
bodyfat % is less than 15 %... Expect to
lose 1/2 - to - 2 pounds a week with some weeks
losing no weight
at all for 2 reasons...
Lets look
at what its going to take to
lose that
bodyfat and get abs, remember I said «eat less and exercise more», lets start with the «exercise more» part.