Some questions

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DarkGremio

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Recently I begun the quest of trying to drop weight. In result I have totally changed my diet, and of course introduced a cardio regime. I started this program last week (Friday) and at that time I weighed 265 pounds. It seems like the weight is not really coming off though. I weighed myself this morning and I was 262, so I don't if that was from result of my stomach being empty. The only thing that is different since I switched my diet is that I am using the bathroom less frequently, and my fiber intake has increased. Hopefully someone can shed some light on dieting and cardio and such. My bottom line question is that is there an adaption phase in weight where your body is in shock from the vast change in diet and is holding onto that excess fat stored in your body? If that's not an issue can some evaluate my cardio schedule? and possibly my diet?

Cardio:
5AM - 20 min jog 6.0MPH
20 min elliptical keeping above 100 RPM with level 7
20 min stationary bike keeping above 15MPH at level 7
10 min cooldown walk 3.5 MPH 7 Uphill

6PM - 20 min walk 4.0 MPH 7 uphill
20 min cybex trainer like an elliptical but does a full circle
20 min stationary bike 15MPH level 7
10 min cooldown walk 3.5 mph 7 uphill

Does that sound like a successful cardio regime? I mix weight training in there slowly just working up, due to soreness.

Now my diet. I am sticking to a lot of vegetables and Amy's organic food and such, I keep the rule of thumb to eat more vegetables and fruits compared to my ratio of meat. Since eliminating a lot of meat out of diet as well, by eating Amy's type frozen foods.

Does this sound like a reasonable weight loss program?

Thank you for taking the time to read this.
 
any cardio regime that is 20m or more (unless it's high intensity) is a good one. Just do what you can handle and slowly increase the intensity. Increasing the intensity will give you better results than increasing the duration.

As for the diet, there are two parts to it. 1) eating healthy. Your body will thank you for it in the way of sleep, recovery, and overall well-being. Cutting down on the raw meat and eating more vegetables are great ways to do that. 2) If your end goal is also weight loss, than also be aware that most of the calories comes from carbs. Replace more of your carbs with vegetables and you will see greater results than reducing the meat.
 
Well slight update, I weighed myself the other night at the gym, and it seems the weight it actually coming off quite well now. I weighed in at 258 pounds (clothed.) So hopefully this is a great groove I'm in because I am switching up my routine a lot and doing max set of clean and presses.
 
Try and reduce anything sweet and starchy and drink lots of water. I think that is working for me. I need to get up and move- that's a challenge!!!
 
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