Thanks again for the replies, guys.
I'm 5'5 and 155 lbs with >20% bodyfat. I am starting SS (on my own with a power rack) which is why I started this thread.
I've read Rip's clarification article in which he advices fat guys to "still eat a lot, but you don’t drink the milk and you cut your carb intake if you don’t see bodyfat levels drop during these first couple of weeks."
I don't give a rat's about appearance at all but I don't want to become a walrus (
see ello :P) and I don't want to end up being a sluggish meathead chugging around a ton of fat.
My question, basically, is: being that I have a lot of fat lying around, am I then correct in saying that I can trust my body to burn existing fat stores to fuel its caloric needs for muscle gain without having to stuff my face (as
Subsistence said earlier on in this thread)? At least until some of the fat is burned off by which time fat will become harder to burn (
tfarny earlier on) and I will naturally have to up my calorie intake? Or will I need to start eating a ton right away to fuel muscle gain?