I started the MA plan a couple of weeks ago. I'm a big fan of it so far, but have some questions regarding the food element of the program:

1) Those of you who have read the book know Berardi lays out a sample eight-week meal plan. If followed, these daily plans offer between 2500 and 3500 calories (rough estimate). I want to follow his blueprint, but if I'm trying to lose fat, I can't be taking in that many calories (not on the high end, anyway). He acknowledges this and says to make adjustments. My question is: How do you make those adjustments? The portion sizes seem pretty big for each meal (i.e. the burger that uses a pound of lean ground beef only makes two burgers), so would I just maybe eat a portion of a serving for one meal and maybe the rest for another?

- Is it okay to eat one of the meals he has following a workout if you haven't worked out? I'm taking a week off from the gym (burnout) and know that timing is a big element of this plan. Right now, I'm thinking the recovery drinks are the only things from the blueprint that need to be eliminated during a week off.