Meg - I'm not AT ALL an expert in this, but there is one exception that the guys might be overlooking and that's the newbie bonus. People in an untrained state - i.e newbies, esp high BF newbies - we CAN add muscle on a CKD, and we CAN add muscle and lose fat at the same time. It happened to Nat and it happened to me. Eventually, you will have to choose between adding muscle and losing fat and adjust your program accordingly. Nat is there now, but I'm still doing both. So far in my first run of CKD, I've GAINED 12-15 lbs of muscle while LOSING 20-22 lbs of fat. It won't go on forever, but if you've never weight trained, and if you still have some fat to lose, you can probably do both on your first CKD.

Cheers,

Friday