Hey folks, this is my first post in this forum, hi!
For the last 3 weeks or so, I've changed my diet/exercise habits and I'm not too sure if it's enough, or if there's something I'm leaving out. Here's what I've done differently:
- Started drinking only water, no liquid calories.
- Stopped putting butter/salt on food
- Cut down on sweets by 90%
- No more fast food
- Eating fruit with breakfast (seems to keep me fuller longer)
- Jogging for 25 minutes on the treadmill daily along with 45 minutes or so of weightlifting
- I've been eating smaller portions at meals, and much less in between meals.

So I'm wondering if this is sufficient to continue to see results in the following months? I think I've lost about 5-7 lbs so far and I'm feeling better overall. I've gone from 235 to about 228. I'm 19 years old and 6'1". I'm trying to lose the fat and put on muscle at the same time. Is there anything else I could be doing to help my weight loss? What are your thoughts?

Thanks in advance,
Rich

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Anyone?

Keep doing what you are doing, it sounds good to me, you should see a difference soon in your weight.

If you're seeing results, then keep doing what you're doing.

The one thing I'd say is add some weight lifting and / or body resistance work to your workouts. Cardio is good and all that, but you want to maintain your lean muscle, and to do that you need to work your muscles. Add things like squats, lunges, pushups, dips, presses, chinups or pullups.

Kara>> It says he weightlifts for 45 minutes with his cardio (unless he edited it after you posted).

I would say make sure you aren't doing TOO much weightlifting as it seems like you said you do it daily. Your muscles need rest. I think if you do a full body work out one day you need to rest the next day before repeating.

Whoops. You're right ... I obviously missed that part.

I agree that you need a days break between weight lifting sets. Either take a full day off, if you're working your whole body, or make sure that you don't work the same muscle groups on consecutive days. Muscles need recovery time!