Q&A for How to Burn Fat and Build Muscle

If your plan is to build more muscle, you need to have more lean meats. Try eggs, soy, beans, or chicken breast. Fish, like tuna, is also a great option.

Try planning out your meals for the week. Choose healthy recipes that contain ingredients like lean meat, eggs, oatmeal, veggies, tofu, berries, low-fat dairy products, and nuts. Make a list of the groceries you need to prepare your healthy meals and get all your ingredients in one trip. This way you'll be prepared for a week of healthy eating.

Yes, it's a good idea to cross train. On days between your weightlifting workouts, do cardio to help you reach your fitness and weight loss goals. For example, you might go for a hike, swim, or do plyometrics.

Add more protein to your diet in the form of lean meats, beans, eggs, and protein shakes. Emphasize weight-lifting over cardiovascular exercise, which tends to burn more calories and will make it harder for you to bulk up.

Yes. Just remember that puberty can change a lot of you, physically and mentally, depending on how you maintain yourself in those years. Heavy weightlifting like deadlifts or bench press are not recommended for younger people, however.

Whey protein is better, because it builds muscle better than creatine.

Eat a banana or Greek yogurt. Carbs are your pre-workout fuel. Just time it correctly. Eat a banana 30 minutes to 1 hour before you train in the morning. Remember to hydrate as well before, during, and after your work out. You want to drink 2-3 glasses before you begin. During your pre-workout warmup, drink a cup or 2.

Yes, beans contain a lot of soluble fiber, protein, carbohydrates, folate, and iron.

Find and stick to a diet and exercise plan, and follow the steps in this article.

It depends, be careful with the labels. Yoplait Greek Fat Free yogurt sounds healthy, but if you look at the label, you'll see 20+ grams of sugar. Your best bet is Dannon's Oikos brand of yogurt with anywhere between 6-9 grams of sugar per serving, 15-17 grams of protein, and 3-5 grams of fiber.

Focus on strength gain first and foremost. Eat a protein heavy diet while keeping plenty of carbs and vegetables in there. Try a routine, like strong lifts 5x5. If you build strength and muscle, then your appearance will change and the beer belly will go.