Losing belly quick

[Somnambulist]

If I want to lose weight at the same time as building muscle, should I decrease my calorie consumption?

Unless you're a complete beginner to exercise/lifting then you can't in nearly all cases, since one requires a cal surplus and one a cal deficit. You can gain strength (slowly) on a deficit if your programming/diet/recovery is decent, and yes there's zig-zag dieting and recomping where you go between the two etc but in terms of time spent doing stuff it's easier to just do one or the other, usually with a much greater bulk than cut ratio, since gaining mass is a much slower process than dropping body fat.

After reading up a bit I decided to try the (50% protein; 25% carbs; 25% fat) diet. I intend to train quite a lot. What do you think?

Most people these days don't bother with %'s - macros are based more on bodyweight - e.g. http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/macronutrient-intake-for-mass-gains-qa.html

 

[elmarko]

Do you not read?

Look, read again what he wrote.

"Really I've just found persistence is the key, to losing weight, sticking at the gym or anything"

That includes diet. Being persistent with your diet, eating at a deficit will see results.

Saved me a post.

 

[grudas]

But I've known people to stop going gym for a long period of time but maintain a cut. It's mental 'brah' not their gym persistence. Your shooting out theories on the basis of a few friends, your so called conclusion to your experiment is applausable 'brah'

you were shooting bs yesterday based on a few pro bodybuilders.. jeez you're special aren't you

 

[Belly]

Loose me? What have I done wrong?

 

[Outline]

Cardio. Cut carbs. Cut processed foods. Cut sugar. Drink too much water.