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daveymac1
daveymac1 Posts: 784 Member
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I am 5'10 260 lb male. I did have a trainer who wanted me to bulk before cutting. I put that topic on here, and it was pretty unanimous that he was wrong.
Is there someone here who is willing to help me set up a workout/nutrition program. I don't care if I have to hit the gym twice a day. I just want to lose around 50 lbs, and I need HELP!!!!
Any information is appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave

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  • thetemplateblog
    thetemplateblog Posts: 53 Member
    Personally I did Low Carb to shed about 60lbs without exercise. Now that I am down to a manageable 200lbs ( I am 5'11" )

    I just started 'Insanity'
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    I am 5'10 260 lb male. I did have a trainer who wanted me to bulk before cutting. I put that topic on here, and it was pretty unanimous that he was wrong.
    Is there someone here who is willing to help me set up a workout/nutrition program. I don't care if I have to hit the gym twice a day. I just want to lose around 50 lbs, and I need HELP!!!!
    Any information is appreciated.

    Thanks,

    Dave


    Hello Dave,

    How active are you outside of your exercise activity (do you sit at a desk all day)?

    What is your lifting experience and do you enjoy cardio?
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    Dave,
    I was in similar shape to you when i started. I've noticed that at that weight really small changes to my life had big impacts.

    I can just sum up what I did to get to 210 (I slipped back up to 225 oops)

    #0 - 250ls
    #1 switched to diet soda - 240lbs
    #2 started running couch 25k - 0lbs
    #3 started mpf can counted calories - 210lbs
    #4 started just lifting upper body - 0lbs
    Wife had baby #2, gained 20 lbs back :drinker:
    Really I don't think the running or lifting did much for me dropping pounds. I think lifting and cardio helped keep me focuses and gave me energy.
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    Use something like this to determine how much you should eat

    http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

    Track all your calories. Adjust up or down if it seems you are losing too fast/too slow. Eat lots of protein. Continue lifting. Succeed :-)
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    I don't mean to be rude but maybe we should let Sidesteel or Sara answer questions on their board first and then maybe the rest of us can chime in.
  • thetemplateblog
    thetemplateblog Posts: 53 Member
    I don't mean to be rude but maybe we should let Sidesteel or Sara answer questions on their board first and then maybe the rest of us can chime in.

    Thank you for pointing this out. I should have read the PLEASE READ
  • Lone_Wolf70
    Lone_Wolf70 Posts: 2,820 Member
    When I first started I religiously did 30 mins cardio 7 days a week and some small lifting with DB's 3x a week. In addition, to I drastically cut my diet from eating anything (probably 3-4K cals a day) to eating roughly 1800 and netting 1400-1500 a day. I dropped 50lbs in the first 3.5-4 months. Now that said, if I had to do it over again, Id start out eating cleaner, but baby steps as I now eat much cleaner and dropped the next 50 a little slower, but its much more sustainable.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Tagging.
  • daveymac1
    daveymac1 Posts: 784 Member
    Thanks guys for your input! I just need some serious help! If anybody has any good recipes, please forward them over! Any other input you can give will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Special thanks to the ones who took the time to respond.
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