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Anonymous
Help me out here, /fit/

For starters, I'm about 5'9" and 190 pounds. I've been wanting to loose weight so I'm currently doing some research and I'm trying to start up a regimen so I need you guys to help me out.

I've heard that for starting lifters, it's best to go through a strength training regimen doing compound lifts and stuff. Is this true or should I be doing something else? On the off days, I do HIIT or any kind of cardio really.

One thing I've been wondering about is protein supplementation. After my workouts, I make a protein shake using soy milk and that EAS protein powder along with a banana or something. I do my workouts at night so this is all after dinner. I'm wondering if this is the right thing to do, if not how else should I supplement? This is what I eat:
Breakfast - oatmeal with fruits and vegetables
Lunch - sandwich with turkey breast, whole wheat bread, and a little dijon mustard with some vegetables on the side
Dinner - usually a garden salad and or lean chicken/beek with vegetables
>> Anonymous
you sound on right path to me
>> Anonymous
Also, can I use a protein supplementation as an entire meal replacement if I add more shit in?
>> Anonymous
>On the off days, I do HIIT or any kind of cardio really.


It is recommended that you do cardio in conjunction with your lifting, but do it after you lift.

If you wait to do cardio the day after you lift you will be fucking with torn muscles trying to recover and they wont recover properly

now if you just do upper body and dont do any type of squatz or lower body lifts then I'm sure you could do cardio on off days, or hell even cardio 5-6 days a week
>> Earthboundmother
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You're on the right path, absolutely. What I recommend is looking into your BMI (Body Mass Index), and seeing how many calories you should be consuming per day, based on your height, weight, age, activity level. There are tons of counters online. Then, you just have to figure out how your body reacts to carbs; for instance... I used to be a fat kid. Huge. I did research, and slowly changed my lifestyle.

When I got down from 180 to 137, I encountered a plateau; this was remedied by me lessening the workouts, eating more, more often (little meals, like 5 a day), and cutting down on the carbs. Now, I'm a girl, so my calories are gonna be waaay different than yours. Even BMIs change per gender.

Keep in mind, also (although it sounds to me like you know healthy food, and that's usually most of the battle) hidden calories exist in sodas, any fatty dressings (mayo, etc - though there are some fantastic low fat mayonaises these days), beer, liquor - very high in calories, surprisingly. There are plenty of sites with lists of calories and fat grams, but there's also this cool book called calorie, fat & carbohydrate counter by Alan Borushek. Here's a site, though. http://www.calorieking.com/foods.

Sorry about being so prolix, but I love this subject; I'm still around because of it! I was an unhealthy panda! ; O
>> Anonymous
>>252931
OMG UR CUTE ASL?
>> Anonymous
go to stronglifts and do the 5x5