The Golden Rule - How to lose fat

Isn't that the golden rule to lose WEIGHT? Wheres the info on preserving lean mass to lose fat while minimizing muscle loss?

I don't know... I followed your golden rule and lost WEIGHT and still looked fat and flabby when I was done. ;_;

It is impossible to lose weight and gain muscle. Period.

You lose. Back of the line with ya.

Sugest you read Alan Aragon and "culking"...

I lose?

It is impossible to lose weight and gain muscle.
----> Correction --->
It is impossible to lose weight and gain muscle EFFECTIVELY.

Pick one and see results, try to juggle both and it will not be very effective.

Now you can go to the end of the line.

tinytemple wrote: »

Also I personally believe it's more about what you eat than how much... if you eat the right type of foods then there is no need to calculate so precisely.

NOPE

you have violated the golden rule

go to the end of the line

Yeah, back of the line for sure.


By this reasoning, I could eat an entire roasted chicken with brown rice and veggies and not have to worry about it.

Yes you could eat an entire roast chicken and not worry about it.
In fact that would be very preferable to the hot dog, pizza and white iced jumbo cinnamon roll meals that you carefully calculated and entered into the MFP...