Dmunnee,Thanks for the welcome. Yeah, I have to be careful what I say about crossfit. My wife wants to do a modified version of CBL, and she has agreed to incorporate more strength training into her routine while decreasing her crossfit.

@acarnovaleI was referring to steady state cardio when I said SS, although I did do Starting Strength for a short time. I definitely follow Rip's form guidelines. That's always been one of my problems, though...not following through on any one program. I didn't think I could gain muscle/lose fat simultaneously, so I would pick one, usually fat loss, and then I would fall victim to paralysis by analysis and never make it through an entire program. Yes, I'm doing SA, and I updated my OP to reflect that. As far as current program goes, I'm not doing anything specific. For my main lifts (DL, squat, bench, etc.), I'm doing 2 sets of 7-5-3 reps (Thibs recommends this for strength + hypertrophy), and for my accessory movements I'm doing higher reps, depending on the muscle. I'll break it down in more detail in my log. Here's a typical off day for me:7:30am - coffee + 1tbls coconut oil + 2tblsp heavy cream + 10g WPI11:30am - chicken w/ skin on, avacado, veggies w/ cheese3:30pm - Something similar to prior meal7:30pm - chicken + veggiesI'll know how many carbs to shoot for after today (10th day of prep). I'm already planning my first backload, though: grilled skirt steak w/ chimichurri, lots of jasmin rice, black beansfollowed byvanilla bean ice cream w/ home-made chocolate-chip cookies.I'll definitely tell the wifey about "the outlaw way", thanks for the rec.@Arrr1Thanks, man! Besides a couple headaches here and there, I actually felt really good throughout my prep phase. Today is day 10 for me! Good luck