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Originally Posted by ttu  thanks for all the info man!!
I do have a gym at school, but at that point I'd rather just go pay for a membership somewhere better, that place is packed all the time...
i would definitely be ok with adding exercise into my DAILY routine... how does 1/2 hr cardio + a few weight training exercises sound? I could swing that...
my biggest problem is this.. what do I eat?? I've gotten so used to eating fast food crap I don't even know where to begin on a healthy diet.
btw where do I get one of those cool things in my sig  |
The weight loss ticker is in your user profile.
When you say daily I assume you mean no more than 5 days a week. If that's the case, and you commit to that (30minutes of cardio + lifting would be great), then you should shoot for the 1892 calorie a day diet. We'll round it down to 1890 calories for this purpose, but on weeks you don't hit the gym daily, you'll want to drop your calorie intake a bit.
Flat out you're going to want to count calories, fat, protein, and carbs to optimize your results.
Since you're going to be lifting while trying to lose weight, we need to chalk you full of protein.
Remember, 1g fat=9 calories, 1g carb=4 calories, 1g protein=4 calories
For starters, each day I would shoot for roughly:
170g protein=680 calories
95g fats=855 calories
90g carbs=360 calories
This comes down to 1895 calories day, roughly where you need to be. You're going to want to get some low calorie low carb protein shakes, have one in the morning and one after the gym, and that should help you with your high protein consumption goals. You're going to have to play around with the foods you eat, toppings you add, drinks, etc to figure out what you can eat to hit your goals. It's important to log all this so you can keep track as you go through the day to prevent yourself from overeating each day, but also so you can compensate for days where maybe you don't hit your calorie goal.
If you eat 2095 calories one day, you may want to follow up a 1695 calorie day sometime later in the week to average it out to 1895 calories.