Thank you, Natrushka. You answered my question.

Well, I am totally new to weight lifting and you can say I am rather flabby all over (except my legs from playing vball), so I will do Cycle 1 exercise. What you said makes sense. I guess you use muscle to burn fat, so if I have no muscle to start with, it won't be as easy to do the fat burning thing. And YES! I do need to build some muscle!!

As far as the food requirement is concerned, I have done Atkins (induction) but I never ate as much protein as Body RX requires (especially Cycle 3). I could probably do Cycle 2 diet fairly easily (I need to include more fiber). Cycle1 carb is too high for me for sure, but I guess the amount specified in the book is the upper limit, not the requirement, so I think I'll do Cycle 1-2 diet while doing Cycle 1 exercise for now and see how it goes.

Again, thanks a bunch for your help in clarifying the cycles for me!

Tomo