Simplest way to lose fat and build muscle ?

[Jarthur1994]

Can someone please explain the best way to lose weight and build muscle?

Im struggling at the moment !

[Nosepull]

To lose fat, eat less calories than you burn every day.

To gain muscle, eat more calories than you burn every day.

In both cases get plenty of protein and lift heavy.

Is this simple enough? Obviously, the sticky threads weren't simple enough.

[mchughesy]

To lose fat, eat less calories than you burn every day.

To gain muscle, eat more calories than you burn every day.

In both cases get plenty of protein and lift heavy.

Is this simple enough? Obviously, the sticky threads weren't simple enough.

^^ this, its that simple, read the stickies and eat at a defecit of 500 until you reach your goal, along the way hit your macros and lift heavy, when you are ready to gain, do exactly the same but eat 1000 extra calories then your cutting, simples

[Tommy W.]

Can someone please explain the best way to lose weight and build muscle?

Im struggling at the moment !

As you can see by the above comments that doing both at the same time is contradictory. Pick one or the other.

[Retoaded]

if only there were threads stickied to the top of these forums that contained this information...

[DiaFF]

As you can see by the above comments that doing both at the same time is contradictory. Pick one or the other.

That's not 100% true. If OP is a beginner lifter, it's possible for him to build a bit of muscle while eating at a deficit. That will stall out though.

[th3pwn3r]

As you can see by the above comments that doing both at the same time is contradictory. Pick one or the other.

This. Pick one or the other. I've seen it far too many times here that people who try to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time just end up doing nothing.

[Tommy W.]

This. Pick one or the other. I've seen it far too many times here that people who try to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time just end up doing nothing.

People think that you can have a couple of low cal days to burn fat and then a couple of high cal days to build muscle. All this does is basically put you at maintenance. Your weekly cals determine what is going to happen. Generally a couple of months minimum to see any real benefit with either adding mass or leaning out before switchingback and forth

[Znik]

That's not 100% true. If OP is a beginner lifter, it's possible for him to build a bit of muscle while eating at a deficit. That will stall out though.

Wont be building much in terms of muscle, but can add size/strength when recovering from muscle atrophy. Strength most likely comes from CNS adaption while size comes from atrophy recovery.

[darkjolly]

Eat less, burn more, nothing else to it.