I am 5'10" or so, and I have no idea what I weigh (around 190 I would guess, let's just say I'm more than a little jiggly) and have recently decided to get in shape. I'm having a little trouble wading through the info I'm reading in the forums and on websites. Some say don't do too much cardio because it will be less effective, others say more is better. SOme say eat more calories, others say less. I suspect this all depends on your objective. Here's mine: Burn Fat! (and maybe tone up my upper body in the process). My routine is the following, any comments would be greatly appreciated:
Exercise:
I wake up and jog 3km (I use the term loosely, I jog moderately as far as I can before I get too tired and then walk until I have enough energy to begin jogging again). When I get home I do 100 crunches, 30 pushups (2 reps of 15). I do this all 5 days a week.
As far as my diet is concerned I usually eat a bowl of cereal or bagel for breakfast with a banana. Throughout the day I tend just to snack until dinner time, usually 3 pieces of fruit, a sandwich, and a granola bar. For dinner I'll have either chicken or fish and a vegetable serving. By a couple hours after dinner I usually feel quite hungry and will snack again, having either cereal or some other grains.
So the questions I have are, am I jogging too much, too little, or otherwise inefficiently? Second, am I eating too little? How do you know how many calories are in what you eat? I know most packaging has this listed, but how am I to know how many calories are in a chicken breast or a salmon fillet for instance?
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am quite serious about achieving my goals in as timely a fashion as possible.
Exercise:
I wake up and jog 3km (I use the term loosely, I jog moderately as far as I can before I get too tired and then walk until I have enough energy to begin jogging again). When I get home I do 100 crunches, 30 pushups (2 reps of 15). I do this all 5 days a week.
As far as my diet is concerned I usually eat a bowl of cereal or bagel for breakfast with a banana. Throughout the day I tend just to snack until dinner time, usually 3 pieces of fruit, a sandwich, and a granola bar. For dinner I'll have either chicken or fish and a vegetable serving. By a couple hours after dinner I usually feel quite hungry and will snack again, having either cereal or some other grains.
So the questions I have are, am I jogging too much, too little, or otherwise inefficiently? Second, am I eating too little? How do you know how many calories are in what you eat? I know most packaging has this listed, but how am I to know how many calories are in a chicken breast or a salmon fillet for instance?
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am quite serious about achieving my goals in as timely a fashion as possible.