Weight Loss Help

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aaydmc2

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Hi everyone, I've finally had it with my figure so I've decided to do something about it. Here's a little of my history: About 2, 2.5 years ago I was a lot heavier, and weighted about 180 lbs and lost about 30 of that to get down to 150. However, now I have gained some of that back and this has given me the incentive to really fix my body. I have two goals that I want to accomplish:

1. Get rid of my 'man boobs'.
2. Slim down a lot, especially around the stomach.

I've started to already fix my diet, and I've cut out sweets and food such as potato chips, etc. Normally for breakfast I'll have oatmeal, and 2 pieces of whole wheat bread with light butter on them. For lunch I'll have either a tuna or chicken sandwich with fruit. For dinner I'll have whatever is being served at the dining hall, but it usually consists of some type of meat/fish, potatoes, vegetables, and salad. I've cut out dessert from dinner.

Here is my workout routine that I started on Monday:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 45 to 60 minutes weight lifting in the gym in the morning. 30 minutes of cardio in the evening.

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday - HIIT training in the morning, takes around 25 minutes total with warm up/cool down.

Sunday - 45 minutes of cardio.

Do you think this plan will work? I know that we can't spot reduce, but my chest is the most important thing I want to work on, and I've read to get rid of the man boobs I shouldn't do a lot of chest exercises. Thank you in advance for all the advice, and I've attached two pictures of myself.
 

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Manboobs are fat. Pecs are muscle. Different anatomy. The reason not to do lots of chest exercises is because it screws with your posture, not because of manboobs.

You can probably make good progress doing half that amount of exercise, and it would probably be a safer option. Keep the resistance training, and do planned cardio on the day immediately after to fill in the remaining time if your session goes for under and hour. If your resistance training days include training your legs (which they should), then I'm not sure that HIIT on your off-days would be conducive to recovery. You want to recover properly so that you can become fitter/stronger, which will allow you to train harder, thus burn more energy in the same amount of time in the gym, and burn more energy outside the gym thanks to the metabolic effects of training.
 
OK I understand that but I really don't want to cut HIIT out of my regimen, especially since everything I've read has strongly recommended HIIT for fat loss. And I think that I will cut down on some of the cardio I've been doing, but if at all possible I'd like a first quick jolt of weight loss, so I feel that a lot of exercise to start off will help with that.
 
Hey man, good job so far. What kind of workouts are you doing for the weight lifting? Are you doing compound lifts or using dumbbells and barbells? I'd recommend adding bench press, and a core workout to your weight lifting if you don't do that already. Also in losing weight, exercise only takes you so far, you have to make sure your diet is good. You should be in a calorie deficit, don't torture yourself too much because an extreme diet could be bad, and also don't last long. Be sure to take in a sufficient amount of protein, in a calorie deficit protein is important for energy, and to sustain your muscle.
 
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