Well, I had signed up for this forum about a day before it went down... glad it is back. All of the other forums I have found that had sufficient membership were very focused on body building and I am really going for a more general fitness thing.
Here is the deal. I have been losing weight for about 5 months now and have gone from 270 to just over 220 with body fat % going from 37% to 25%. Most of that time, I have been doing it strictly with diet. I just recently (last 2 weeks) started adding in some arobic exercising to the mix and my weight loss has pretty much stopped. The good thing is that my BF loss has kept right on going, so I know I am doing something right.
I took a look at my diet and realized that I was probably a bit low on protine, so I added a protine shake after my workouts as a way to get a bit more, but still not add too many calories. My ultimate goal is 180 to 200 pounds with 10 to 15% BF and good cardio and respratory endurance. I plan on adding weight training in another week or 2 after the aerobic part of my workout routine is more established (taking it slowly - has worked a lot better for me than just jumping into it).
So here is my question: Any recomendations on things to get the weights started? Beginning workouts or philosophies? Diet or Cardio changes? I really can't work out more than 5 times a week, but 3 would probalby be ideal. Right now all 3 are cardio (running). Once I have gotten the basics down, I will probably be back to fine tune it, but I gotta get started first.
Here is the deal. I have been losing weight for about 5 months now and have gone from 270 to just over 220 with body fat % going from 37% to 25%. Most of that time, I have been doing it strictly with diet. I just recently (last 2 weeks) started adding in some arobic exercising to the mix and my weight loss has pretty much stopped. The good thing is that my BF loss has kept right on going, so I know I am doing something right.
I took a look at my diet and realized that I was probably a bit low on protine, so I added a protine shake after my workouts as a way to get a bit more, but still not add too many calories. My ultimate goal is 180 to 200 pounds with 10 to 15% BF and good cardio and respratory endurance. I plan on adding weight training in another week or 2 after the aerobic part of my workout routine is more established (taking it slowly - has worked a lot better for me than just jumping into it).
So here is my question: Any recomendations on things to get the weights started? Beginning workouts or philosophies? Diet or Cardio changes? I really can't work out more than 5 times a week, but 3 would probalby be ideal. Right now all 3 are cardio (running). Once I have gotten the basics down, I will probably be back to fine tune it, but I gotta get started first.
