Ask Mike, June 2011

Vegetarian Looking To Lose Weight And Build Muscle

Q: Hi Mike, I am 31 Years of Male from India, my current weight is 81 Kgs. I am trying to reduce about 8-10 kgs of weight and gaining a ittle muscle and looking for suggestions around the same.. While I am working out a gym 3-4 days a week but i am provided with little or no help around my diet. I am strict veggie and It will be geat if you can suggest me a good diet plan for my needs.

Body Fat of 10 Percent and Abs

Q: I'm wondering what's the healthy fat percentage for both guys and girls. I've measured my fat percentage using some electric device (i know you said it's not very reliable) but it measured 10.1% of fats in me and i'm a guy. I can see 4 not very defined abs but the thing that puzzles me the most is that sometimes it's more defined than other days, what is the occurrence for this?