Hi Alien9, can you advice for a skinny fat person like me with very low mass/muscle..is that wiser to

a.bulk up by eating more and gain more strength and mass then only lose the fat by doing more cardio
b.lose the fat by performing more cardio and on low carb diet and start to focus more on gaining strength after reach the desired body fat %
c. eat clean and do weight lifting and cardio such as do 3 weight lifting session on mon wed and fri and do cardio on tuesday thrusday and sat sun

currently i m doing approach c and i don't see much changes in terms of body weight but i can see my tummy and belly become smaller and at the same time i am able to lift heavier but the progress seems to be too slow.

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Added on December 19, 2012, 9:38 amabout the protein intake, i google'd alot and most of the website like BB.com suggest to have 1g to 1.5g per lbs of protein per day to gain muscle.

My current goal is to gain strength while losing weight, i am current taking 1 scoop whey protein pre and post workout and 1 scoop casein before bed i understand that i should only take 30-40% of my daily protein from supplement, but the problem is i am vegetarian. i try to eat more food made by soya bean such as bean-curd, tofu, long bean, almonds nuts etc but still find it hard to achieve 170g protein per day.






This post has been edited by f.e.a.r: Dec 19 2012, 09:38 AM

what you said was right because i looked for my trainer yesterday and raised my concerns to him why i was gaining some weight over last week even i have done many cardio and weight training and we decided to check the body fat %/ muscle mass% and i was quite impressed with the result which i lose 2% fat mass and gained some muscle mass. (Hopefully the fitness first weight scale can measure the accurate data).

Anyway, appreciate your patience to answer my question earlier. Thanks