I am trying to shift a fair bit of fat & dont want to lose too much muscle.
Am I right in thinking that I should eat protein approx 1 hour before trainig & carbs approx 1 hour after training?

Training Schedule is this

Monday 10 mins 60% to 70% Cardio + Back + Biceps
Tuesday 20 mins HIIT Cardio + Abs
Wednesday 10 mins 60% to 70% Cardio + Legs + Shoulders
Thursday 20 mins HIIT Cardio + Abs
Friday 10 mins 60% to 70% Cardio + Chest + Triceps

I have nearly got my whole plan sussed out now & I just cant remember this one thing :(
Thanks
Stan

Mate, the best bit of advice I can give you is to go to ISOActive on Queen street, ask for a guy called Mike and tell him your goals.

He's a sports nutritionalist and will seriously open your eyes to nutrition. I went to see him a few weeks ago and he sat me down and explained exactly how the body works in the respect of burning fat/muscle etc.

The store also stocks a load of suppliments etc, if you ask him he'll make up a monthly pack suited to your needs.

I am trying to shift a fair bit of fat & dont want to lose too much muscle.
Am I right in thinking that I should eat protein approx 1 hour before trainig & carbs approx 1 hour after training?


Better is to have both in each meal.

Approx. one hour before have a meal containing both protein and carbs and afterwards (here the timing is up to you, depending on your goals, immediately after training or an hour afterwards) a meal containing both protein and carbs.

There are no hard and fast rules, but these guidelines I'll follow from time to time are:

1. Protein with every meal.
2. Seperate fats and carbs (least important of the guidelines, but I do it personally because I don't like fat near my workouts, which is when I like my carbs, so they sort of naturally seperate.)
3. Something in the ranges of 30-60/20-60/10-20 daily intakes P/C/F
4. Six meals a day.

So, for example, if you had six meals, four of which were 40% protein and 60% carbs and two of which were 40% protein and 60% fat...

That would fulfill guidelines 1, 2, 4 and give you a 40/40/20 mix for protein carbs and fat.

This is my most common diet but I don't believe there are any hard and fast rules so I change it up all the time. Variety is the spice of life and all.

Thanks g-funk.
I will go see that guy in Queen Street & see what he says.

And thanks IronPhoenix,
That helped me out a lot.

Thanks for the info guys

if you're looking for controlled fat loss with out muscle loss, i'd definatly say eat around an hour before cardio or weights, have a protein shake straight after both and a meal 1-2 hours after you finish.

I personally do that for weights but do cardio on atleast 2 hours of no food and don't consume anything for atleast an hour after except water, but i accept the potential for minor muscle loss with this.

I'm no expert but from what I've read you might have too much cardio in there if you are trying to minimize lean muscle loss. Maybe do cardio on days you aren't lifting.