It can be done, man. It's not even hard.

Here is what I do in a given week. My only supplements are 10g BCAA powder 10 min preworkout, a 5000 IU Vit D tab, and a Vit C tab taken morning and night (fights off my exercise-induced insomnia). I have creatine, but I'm too scared to take it in light of the fact it can raise DHT levels by 50+% in men my age. No thanks.

In the last 3 months, I've gone from 143 lbs. to 159 lbs (and from 5'10" to 5'10"!!!!1) doing Leangains-style fasted training. Check out that rabbit hole if you're unfamiliar. It's the crux of my own training philosophy and one of many reasons I do not eat breakfast. Perhaps you should consider skipping breakfast :D

I'm eating a hypercaloric diet of 1 lb. grass-fed ground beed + 1 lb. sweet potato post workout. For dinner, I'll bake/fry a white potato or two, cook up a 5 egg omelette, and eat a piece or two of fruit. That's right around 3000-3200 calories, so I call it a day there. Lots of each macro, really probably an even split.

On my 4 rest days, I eat a meal of 1 lb. ground beef as above, but I eat it with half a can of coconut milk on the side as well. I'll usually tackle an orange or something in this meal, too. My dinner is, again, 4-6 eggs in some form + fried bacon + >0.5 lbs. kale and spinach fried in the bacon drippings. Lots of fat and protein for satiety and gluconeogenesis. Low carb for minimal insulin impact on de novo lipogenesis. Laymen's terms: low carb gets you and keeps you skinny, high protein (and high fat, to some degree) keeps you full and naturally fills the dietary carb deficit so that you don't crave carbs quite so much.

I always throw in a liver and onions + bacon dinner every week, sometimes twice if I'm feeling unusually masochistic (as compared to my baseline level of masochism???). If my typical fair doesn't have everything I need in it, eating liver will probably catch any nutrient I'm missing.

Sounds like I'm lacking in variety and creativity in my meals (read: boring), and yeah, I am, but it's necessary for my schedule, and it takes very little time to prepare these meals. Takes for-fugging-ever to consume a pound of beef and potatoes, though. Chewing: can't stop, won't stop.

Also, I cheat. I fucking love deep-dish pizza and this Trader Joe's kettle corn my fiancee brings home. So there's that. But yeah, I wouldn't recommend adding that to your plan :P

Maybe consider taking long walks, and do it daily. 30-60 minutes should do it. This will help mobilize some of your fat. Eat one of your meals immediately after the walk, not before.

Figure out how many calories you burn based on size and lifestyle. 1.5 Grams of protein per pound of lean mass. Calculate that consumption into calories. Take the remainder calories and divide them into a 60% and 40% split. On heavy lift days consume 60% carbs. On a rest or active rest day, consume 60% fat. On and 'IF' lifestyle, do 12 hours fasting, 12 hours feeding. No protein shakes, all real food. (I personally do my first meal at noon and last meal at midnight) For any stomach backup, have a digestive tea. the key to the fitness: lift day, lift heavy. "cardio" day, do a 10-20 minute HIIT which releases fat that otherwise can't be released, follow it up with 30-60 mins of low intensity cardio. coffee, natural thermogenesis. cook with cayenne and cinnamon.

Supplement: Citrus Bioflavon Stinging Nettle Yohimbe Bark

end result: ripped out of your mind.

Personal results: 165lb at 6ft, maintain 5% body fat year round, mesomorph,fashion and fitness model for 5 years.

I hope this helps your journey.