hej josh,
I came across a post of yours in this thread
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7972&hilit=body+fat&start=90
The energy balance method, while not as rapid of a weight loss, will still get them where they need to go and will do so without the above problems. Obviously exercise + diet is the way to go here, but when people are only going to restrict calories they really, really need to do the energy balance method. It is very important for their long term success. This works much better with CEB because you can fairly rapidly lose fat AND be putting on muscle at the same time. Dropping 10 lbs of fat and gaining 10 lbs of muscle in ~10-12 weeks is 100% doable and is the most dramatic transformation you can perform with 20 lbs. It beats the living hell out of losing 20 lbs of fat. Chad Waterbury actually has a book called the 10-10 transformation. The nutrition isn't as precise, but he did the best he could with what was available and put together an excellent program.
Would this really be possible for some one like me who is around 17% body fat. I spend at least 5 hours a day on my feet walking around. 4 days a week I do 1-2 hours of strength training + 1 hour skill training and every other day about 20-30mins of very easy swimming?
Cheers =)