Hello, gang.

I am a 27 year old male, about 5'6 in height and weighing 185 pounds aprox. Just wondering what my ideal weight should be? How many calories I should be eating each day?

Basically, I weighed 200 lbs as little as a month ago and lost 15 lb in about 2 weeks just by running 3 miles a day, 4 out 7 days a week,along with eating better. Since then I have plateued a little and am having trouble dropping much at all. I don't own any weights, or have a gym membership, so cardio would be the ideal way to lose this weight for me. Of course, sit-ups, crunches, push-ups, etc...whatever will work. What will work, is the question?

I would appreciate any help tremendously. These forums are amazing.

Um...please?

this thread
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/topic...ds-wisdom.html

would be a good starting point for yoou

Hey man,

Good to hear from you. Getting started is at least half the battle.
You can get a free eBook that is a complete start in weight loss
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This is a great forum. Stick with it man.

All the best to you.

You have already done a big step if you subscribed to this forum.....

I think you just have to play around with things that work and don't work for your body. For example, at 24, I swim and run, but bicycling doesn't seem to help my cardio/weight loss goal, but with some people it does. The same goes with the weight exercises, there are some I like and get a great 'burn' from and others are easier and don't give me quite the burn.

Calories are huge as I am coming to find out. You have to cut calories in order to lose weight in some way, unless you are looking to gain lean mass or bulk up.