New member / bio here, and a few questions.

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Hi everyone, my name's , I'm 20 years old, 175lbs. 6'1 " and

measuring first thing when i wake up my tanita scale tells me about

15.1% body fat (worst case scenario is in the morning when your

dehydrated). This will be my first challenge and I am currently on

day 3. My main goals for this challenge are to get a better defined

chest/back, bigger arms, and a visible 6 pack. Seeing as though I'm

already fairly lean I hope that these goals are reachable. Basically

I would like to drop to below 12% bodyfat or whatever it is that will

define my stomach and then gain a lot more muscle. Do you guys think

this will be possible in the 12 weeks? It sure seems like it should

be from the other stories i've heard.

A few things i need clarification/confirmation on. I used the

calulator on the website for calories, and I was told to gain muscle

and lose fat i would need about 207g of carbs and protein a day about

2000 calories total and 46 grams of fat. I used another site to

calculate my BMR and it told me about 1900-2000 also, is eating 2000-

2100 calories a day going to be too low to gain a significant amount

of muscle?

Also, on the when to eat before and after workout, am i right

about this? I think I read to try not to eat 3 hours before your

workout, does this apply to cardio and lifting or just one? Also

after the workout, I'm supposed to wait an hour after cardio but not

after lifting right? How am i supposed to do this if I want to wait 3

hours, do the workout then wait an hour? That's almost 5 hours with

no food.

Anyway, I look forward to helping you guys out and hopefully I

can pick up some helpful stuff while i'm here too, good luck everyone.

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