Thread: new to cutting

Hey man, welcome to the forums. You should first read this Guide to Cutting, Bulking & Maintenance

It will give you an idea of what you need to do, and how to do it. Just read up the site and you'll get to where u want to be.

cool, thanks a lot thats got a lot of interesting stuff.

damn the math

i also had another thought, what if i like ate at maintinance calories, and then did like a run for a half hour in the morning before i eat breakfast? do you think this could be productive in muscle building/loss of body fat? i could also tweak my normal eating habbits to include less fats. is this acceptable?

Originally Posted by DDan16

and then did like a run for a half hour in the morning before i eat breakfast?

You MUST eat in the morning before any exercise about 1-2 hours prior if you eat solid food, if that is a prob, then do a shake (oats+whey) 45 mins prior. Your body has been in an unfed state for several hours during the night. In order to get energy for exercise, your body will break down the most ready source of energy, which are your muscles, if there is no other source of energy in your gut.

Doing exercise in that state will result in weight loss i.e. loss of fat AND muscle. And all that will happen is you will get skinnier.

Originally Posted by DDan16

do you think this could be productive in muscle building/loss of body fat?

running ... muscle building = no. loss of fat = yes.

Originally Posted by DDan16

i could also tweak my normal eating habbits to include less fats. is this acceptable?

You do need certain amount of good fats. The sticky that was pointed out earlier has this info.

Post your diet meal by meal with total cals and macros for a critique.