Building muscle and toning at the same time?-Diet question

[shultice24]

Hello,

I am an 18 year-old college freshman. Throughout high school I was also involved in athletics, but I never really got into pptimal shape. Now I have gotten a lot stronger and put on about 7-8 pounds of muscle since school started this fall. I am, however, still struggling with getting abs more defined, and I'm a little unsure about how I should be eating.

Basically, is it possible to eat a diet that allows muscles to grow and strengthen, while at the same time burning off that extra teeny bit of fat? I have heard some people say that you need to burn off the fat, lose some weight, and then worry about putting muscle back on. I would like to do both at the same time, but is it possible?

I don't know much about nutrition. I've been trying to eat as much high protein/ low saturated fat stuff as possible, while avoiding sweets, sugars, and simple carbs as much as possible.

Thank you in advance!!

[DianaB]

http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do? ... dybuilding
This is the link to part 2, there is an internal link to part one.
You can cycle the 2 macro plans into 6 week segments, but it will depend on how fast you gain/loose fat and muscle, and how quickly your body adapts to each cycle.
CT has a 4 week bulk, 4 week cut article, but I didn't bookmark it.
If it's only the abs that concern you, use the cut cycle first and be sure that you are getting adequate exercise in.
db

[swanso5]

technically you can add muscle and decrease muscle at the same time but it's a long and slow process..your best served trying to one while maintaining the other

[shultice24]

Thanks for the responses and resources!