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Originally Posted by CPA37710T
thank you squealer, this really helped me out 
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NP. Just remember that if you are trying to bulk or cut down, diet is everything. As a rule, always look to diet first, everything else second. That means having a plan. Not "eating clean" by some random definition of gut feeling or opinion, but knowing exactly how many calories you need, how many grams of fats/carbs/proteins and making sure you are on point every time you eat. If you aren't consistent in that area, you won't know what needs to change. Also remember that burning fat means burning muscle (literally - they go hand in hand... all that you can do is minimize muscle loss).... so more exercise to burn fat means more muscle loss as a result. Not a good plan for a fairly lean guy who is trying to get leaner.
btw... here is a very old site of a guy and his weight loss as an example -
http://www.johnstonefitness.com/
basically you can see him doing exactly that... working harder and harder and eating less and less until he got his body weight down but he had lost a significant amount of muscle mass because he wasn't eating enough and was working out too much.
Work smarter... not harder