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I would be weary of most of the fat burners out there. For the most part they all contain a good amount of caffeine, which has been proven to aid in fat loss in tons of studies, and then a bunch of questionable ingredients that "might" work a little. You can find pure caffeine in cheap caffeine pills, or just from coffee. You have to experiment around and find a balance between a Other than this I would be very weary of taking anything. Many of the fat burners have one or both of the above ingredients and again a bunch of other ingredients with not much research to back up their effects, and they are also often listed as a proprietary blend, so you really don't know how much of each ingredient you are getting. I don't think it's a good idea to not know what you're putting in your body. good amount for you that doesn't impact your overall health, mood or sleep (many studies have declared up to 400mg a day safe, but do your own research and make your own decisions). Also yohimbine has been shown to be effective (can be found in pills and powder form) however certain people are very sensitive to it so you have to be careful. If you do decide to try it start with a very low dose to see how your body tolerates it, and then increase as necessary.

With rare exception I do believe you really need to choose one goal or the other first as you mentioned, and I think losing the fat is the best choice first. Yes it may suck, and yes you may get comments from people who think you are "manorexic" or something of the sort, but if you can power through that I think it is the best choice in the long term. If you "bulk" up now you will put on more fat, and possibly quite a bit. When you are already at a decently high body fat percentage, your body loves to pack on more fat from excess calories. This for a variety of reasons, one of them being your insulin sensitivity usually isn't very good and your body likes to partition excess calories to your fat stores instead of muscle building. So you will find yourself in a situation where you have some decent muscle mass (if you do things right) but now you will have to lose the bodyfat. When you do that it will be difficult to not lose some muscle, and trust me as a former skinny guy you will not be happy about losing muscle. Also, the fat loss will take longer than you think. Right now you are already skinny as you stated, so you don't really need to worry about muscle loss. If you do it this way once you lose the fat you can slowly start to add some excess calories and adjust over time. Don't go on a full blown crazy bulk in a rush to put on muscle and wind up putting on a bunch of fat again as well. I would recommend setting an upper limit for you body fat or waist size at this point, and once you hit that during your "bulk", scale it back and lose a little of the excess fat for a few weeks. Then rinse and repeat. You really do want to avoid having to do some really long "cut" at any point, so this will keep the body fat in check once you've gotten lean enough and started bulking. If you do choose to do it this way, I recommend to continue lifting, focusing on having really good form on the big lifts (bench, squat, deadlift, pull ups, dips, etc) and increasing strength. Set the foundation right so when you do start to bulk up you have the proper foundation (you may already have this I'm not sure). At that point I highly recommend throwing in isolation exercises (like bicep curls, tricep extensions, lateral raises, etc..) in addition to the big lifts. I think it's been shown that the combination is better for putting on muscle than powerlifting alone.