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OK, so following on from the christmas excess my focus for the next 10 - 12 weeks is fat loss. My reasons for this are purely vanity, since my Wedding day is in 30 weeks and want to make sure I look awesome for the photos. As such I am doing intermittant fasting Eat Stop Eat style (that is 2 x 24 hr fasts a week) with an eye on protein and EFA's in my eating. My calculations are that over the course of a week I will have on average a 500 - 750 kcal a day deficit so that should work just fine. ((Note: I know Paleo / primal is the generally advocated nutrition advice and my meal plans do turn out to be ~75% in line with this but I do not plan to be too rigid. I prefer to let my fasts do the hard work.)) Now to my question, which is about my workouts. I like barbell lifting and have a barbell / rack / weights at home which I invested in about 3 months ago and have been using since, following the Stronglift 5x5 program for most of that time. I have also been eating quite a bit and am starting to get a podge even though I am definitely much stronger. So, will this approach still be best for me while my focus is on Fat Loss? My focus for strength / muscle is to maintain what I have while I fight the flab. I may have some 'novice gains' available to exploit so I think some progression would still be in order. But any extra strength I get in this time would be added bonus and is not my aim. So, I guess I am wondering if continuing the 5x5 structure with much slower progression (say ~2.5kg a week on my squat, which is my current plan) is the way to go or if another programme would serve me better. Anyone else have any experience with this or any advice?