Why bulk ? Why not cut ?

By now you would be probably thinking that I have gone bonkers/crazy/nuts/insane whatever you want to call me. However, I am telling you this, I have been there and done that. Initially I did not know, about muscles increasing my metabolism, so I started with cutting, the process is very fast initially, but it slows down and stops.

If you don't believe what I'm gonna say, just please at least try it out, the first few pounds of fat is easy to lose, but the last remaining ones are slow. This plateau ( slowed growth) is the reason why I am advocating you to gain muscle first. When you gave muscle, you will find that it is much easier to reach your goals faster.

Illustration :
Johhny fat boy uses about 2000 calories a day without exercise. He decided to follow my advice and go ahead increase his caloric intake and bulk for muscles. After 3 months johhny is still fat, but he is much more muscular and he weighs more (muscle and a little fat gain), and his body in sedentary (non exercise) mode uses about 2600 calories a day.

And then Johhny decides to go on a cutting phase : he needs to eat roughly 2500 calories a day, to lose weight ( let's say for simplicity sake, johhny does not exercise for all cases).

Whereas if Johhny fat boy decides to straightaway cut and skip bulking, johhny has to reduce his dietary intake to 1900 and less if he reaches a stagnant point.

Now between reducing intake of 2500 calories and 1900 calories a day, which one is manageable for Johhny fat boy? Definitely Johhny will think that it is much easier to reduce his intake to 2500. After all, every fat person, whether girl or boy does not really like to reduce their caloric intake drastically. Muscles ultimately create an unprecedented advantage for fat loss, metaphorically speaking it gives you that 5 minutes headstart for the race.