Lose Fat AND gain muscle

[indianajohn]

I am about sixty pounds overweight. I want to lose fat (weight) and develop muscle at the same time. I weigh 230 but I know that it's possible to be developed at 185. I'm pretty clueless right now and I'm suffering from info overload. Any ideas to break the fog?

[Flex Appeal]

Originally Posted by indianajohn

I am about sixty pounds overweight. I want to lose fat (weight) and develop muscle at the same time.

It does not work that way.

Focus on a good diet to lose the weight first and then look to build.

[unoucme]

I just searched for this topic and thought i would show my interest. I lift 45-60 mins a 3 times a week, have a clean diet. low fat, low sugar, high protien roughly 120 to 150g/day. i do mild cardio, such and bike riding and rollerblading, as often as possible. 4-5 days a week.

I would like to continue lifting, and gaining muscle, but i would like to lose more weight. 5-7 lbs by beginning of june, essentially to get my BF% down to 9-11% without losing any muscle i have gained.

[mc4_a]

There are some claims that by timing when you eat you can affect this a little. I would say it's much better to focus on one or the other at any given time. There's nothing wrong with cutting a month and then bulking a month. You can't be in that much of a hurry.

If you're worried about what you'll look like thinner, bulk now.

[unoucme]

I was just reading up on the Keto diet http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=36497

Sounds like it might be just what you (myself included) are looking for. But I am going to have to do some more research

[indianajohn]

Thanks for the info, everybody. As a novice bodybuilder, it is dizzying to read a bb'ing mag or visit a forum website like this. I think I'm on my way to finding out what I truly need to do based off of the goals I want to accomplish. I don't want to be a Jay Cutler, competing type of bb'er, I want to feel good and eliminate my flab. I of course don't want to vomit after a short sprint and physical struggle with a shoplifter, either (I work in retail). I'll keep you guys posted on my progress. Thanks, again!

[sugapablo]

This probably isn't the answer you're looking for, but this article gets linked to from time to time here, and is a good read:

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1268956

[JiP]

Originally Posted by unoucme

I was just reading up on the Keto diet http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=36497

Sounds like it might be just what you (myself included) are looking for. But I am going to have to do some more research

dude, you're 142lbs, how can you be overweight?