Yes. If all you want is 12%-14 you will be able to be more lenient on your diet. Actually if you kept your diet in check and only cheated every once in a while cardio is not even necessary in my opinion.Although the problem in doing what you are wanting to do is that once you get to 14% bf, you start gaining to much and cheating more and more. Before you know it you are 20% bodyfat and hate yourself!! So be careful!!...TOP