New help with Diet and workout plan.

[Dugganator]

Right guys could do with some of your guys help.

I weight about 240lbs (shocking i know) I'm 6,2 and 24yrs.

I've been trying to kirb my life style and get back on track for a while know but I seem to be around the same weight regardless of what I try. I think the reason is because I'm going the wrong way around to do things.

First of all I play baseball and exercise at least 3 times a week either down the gym or at a game. I used to drink a lot talking about 4-6 cans a beer a night (went through a tuff break up but that’s another story). I've stopped drinking expect for social drinks with friends either once a week or every other week. But the problem I've found it seems that I've put on weight since stopping drink like I did like half a stone even thou this could be because of eating more etc.

In the last 2 weeks I've been hitting the gym 3 times a week. At the gym I'm doing cardio (1hr either cross trainer or treadmill) because all I want to do at the moment is loose weight and once I've lost 3/4 stone then look at toning up abit.

I've changed my eating habits to pasta, lean meats vegetables. But I think I'm sending my body into shock or something. Reason being is on average at the gym I'm burning about 700cals off and that’s about what I'm eating so kind of don’t have any intake in a day if that makes sense.

One thing I do drink a lot of diet drink mainly diet coke. I blame this on shifts and really need to stop this as I guess that diet coke isn’t doing my body any favours.

I'm fit for a big guy I don’t think I'm really fat as I've always been big and have a lot of muscle. The problem area for me is my beer belly I want this gone(advise on this would be great.)

Sorry for all the information but I thought I would post as much as I could to save people asking more questions.

Here’s what I would like to know
1. Where I'm going wrong (i think i know some of it but would like confirmation)
2. What would be the best suggested way I should loose weight and start off?
3. How should I eat. Ie should I eat normally and cut down over time?
4. Should I change my gym program to something else?
5. I basically want to loose weight more then anything. I don’t mind putting the work in and it taking time. I just would like to see results week by week instead of staying the same.
6. Anything else you guys suggest


Thanks in advance everyone

 

[Dugganator]

I kinda guessed that it was wrong for me to be eating that little. But I dont really eat a lot I find it hard to eat a lot if I'm honest. I guess this could be a reason that I'm not losing weight if I'm not eating enough.

 

[Dugganator]

Well when I was about 17 I weight in at 12st 5 but I used to boxing play football and run like 5 days a week. And I used to eat like the world was about to end back then. But know I dont eat at all really. I think this is because I started heavy drinking and not eating. Since stopping drinking I havent really wanted food. But I do drink a hell of a lot of diet coke like 4/5 500ml bottles a day. I've been turning to water but I guess I need to up my intake of food. Maybe there a Diet plan some one would recommend and I'm not talking weight watchers lol. I just mean like a guide for suggested intake etc. Which stickie should I be looking at btw

 

[Dugganator]

GordyR's Guide to Bodybuilding, you can largely ignore the reference to bodybuilding for the moment and just take it as the basics for healthy exercise. Eat smaller meals and more often to up your metabolism, drink water instead of coke and eat fruit instead of snacks like crisps or sweets - simple but sustainable changes will help more and be more likely to fit into your lifestyle long term than sweeping changes.

Oh and you won't spot reduce fat, you need to lower your overall fat levels.

thanks for the advice this was what I was after.

I guess you mean by spot reduce fat as in reducing from one area I need to reduce from all areas?

 

[Dugganator]

Cheers well starting Monday I'm going to be hitting the Gym 3 days a week (day rest between each day) maily cardio with a little weights and I'm think that I'll reduce my cal intake down to say 2000 a day. Even thou this would be increasing the amount I'm eating at the moment so will be alittle odd I have to say. But I'll do this as a test and hopefully I'll see a steady lose each week.

I think i ll do this and see how it goes and I'm update everyone as I go. I've read GordyR's guide and will be following the Cutting section the best I can.