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Cut the pre-workout carbs in half, and utilize them during the workout - you won't crash.

It's up to you. The more calories you cut, the faster you will lose weight. 2000 calories is a good start. That gives you another 3500 calories per week deficit. So that's a lbs. I tend to diet on extremely low calories, but that is my preference.

At 185, consuming 2500 calories, you're consuming approximately your maintenance calories. If you want to lose body fat, I would cut calories back further.

Calories are calories. How much do you weigh?

It comes down to how many calories you are consuming. How many calories will you be consuming? Then it comes down to protein intake. How much protein will you be consuming?

They won't really give you consistency over time. A lot of it has to do with water balance. There have been times when mine says 6%, 10% 15%, all in one week. Weighing the same time every morning.

The only protein bars that I ever buy are: 1) Quest Bars 2) Optimum Nutrition Whey Crisp Bar Which one I choose, depends on the need at the time.

If you are am athlete consistently depleting glycogen through interval cardio, then you would want to replenish glycogen. If you are not an athlete, using the interval cardio for fat loss, then there is no immediate need to replenish glycogen. Depending on duration, you might not be depleting...

It all comes down to energy balance. The only way to lose body fat is to expend more calories than you consume. Likewise, the only way to get fat is to consume more calories than you expend. So, if you get down to 10% body fat, to maintain that, you need to make sure that energy consumption...

Get a miniwave or ultrawave infrared grill. They are easy to use and everything I cook in it is moist.

There is no good/accurate body fat scale. There is a margin of error, and it is so large that they aren't worth using. Trust me, you will end up cursing that you bought one. They are so inaccurate, it's not funny. Get a good set of calipers and get practice with them.

I would opt for a whey/casein mix in water preworkout, with a small apple. 10-15g of whey intraworkout with some simple carbs. I like to use smarties, instead of liquid. Eat the smarties as needed to keep bg slightly elevated and just enough to maintain training intensity and keep hunger at bay.

BCAA's are amino acids, amino acids contain calories. BCAA's also cause insulin secretion, which you do not want when trying to release and oxidize free fatty acids during cardio. You do not need BCAA's to prevent catabolism from cardio.

Focus on calories. There is nothing magical about a specific protein/fat/carb ratio. Get sufficient protein, then choose how many carbs and fat you need. You need at least 50 to 100g of carbs to have a net positive impact on decreasing protein breakdown.

Your body will store the extra calories as fat or skeletal muscle. Adding an extra meal before bed won't magically make you fat. It depends on how well your body partitions calories. Excess calories end up as either fat or skeletal muscle, genetics determine the ratio (p ratio). To answer your...