Questions about working out and going to the gym?

Well, you started the program off wrong. But don't fret, you're not alone. You started out by doing too much cardio too soon. This should be avoided because our bodies are highly adaptive. Pretty soon your body will adapt to that 60 mins of cardio so what then? Where do you go? 70 mins per day? 90 mins? You should have started out by first concentrating on what's of more importance for a fat loss diet. In this order they are:

1) Diet. Our diet is 80% of it. At your current condition I'd recommend 1400 calories. 600 from protein/600 from fats/200 from carbs. Divide the protein and fats evenly amongst the amount of meal you can eat per day. Ideally no less than 3. The 200 calories from carbs should be incidental. Meaning no direct source of carbs. Only trace carbs in your protein and fat sources. So if you eat 3 meals per day each meal should contain 200 calories from protein (50 grams) and 200 calories from fats (22 grams) and 0 direct carbs. Design your meals around: chicken, eggs, turkey, steak, whey protein. for fat sources: all natural peanut butter, fish oil, extra virgin olive oil, evening primrose oil capsules, avacadoes. Eat as many green vegetables as you want.

2) Weight lifting. This is more important than cardio for a fat loss diet as it helps to ensure we maintain our muscle. This is important and will also ensure that any "weight" loss is from fat alone. Not from muscle. Especially when combined with the above eating plan. 3-4x per week for no more than 45 mins.

3) Cardio. You should have started out with only 30 mins 3x per week. Each week thereafter add another day to the mix. When you reach 7 days per week, stay there until fat loss stalls. When it does, don't adjust your calories. Instead add 10 more mins to each cardio session. Stay there until fat loss stalls again. etc etc.

Monday: full body weight workout + cardio after

Tuesday: rest

Wednesday: full body weight workout + cardio after

Thursday: rest

Friday: full body weight workout + cardio after

Sat: rest

Sun: rest

Good luck!

Carrie,I use to body build for 3 years and I can give you some suggestions as to what to eat.3500 calories equals one pound of body fat,it's important to stay under this number to lose any weight.Here is what I suggest to you,eat only chicken,turkey and fish,and when you prepare these only bake or broil them,eat fresh vegetables and fresh fruit as well,eat only whole grain bread and not white,drink a ton of water as well and I also drink green tea,this is very beneficial in losing weight,it contains a lot of antioxidants and it's a natural diuretic as well so you will be using the bathroom a lot.Buy yourself some lo cal dressing for salads or to use as a dip on raw vegetables,also if you like yogurt,buy lite or low fat,use either skim or 2% milk.You can buy a good healthy high fiber cereal as well,fiber helps to fill us up.Remember that the first five pounds that you take off is water,I suggest that you don't hop on a scale,instead go by clothing size.Now the more physical activity that you can do will only help you to burn off more calories,I opted to ride a stationary bike and it burns a ton of calories,I even bought a used one for my home,I built up riding it from doing 5 miles up to 30 a night,I became addicted to riding it,I use to put on my head phones and listened to music that I liked and cycled away.When you do this much exercise,it produces the feel good chemical in your brain known as endorphins,I got to the point where I would plan my life around riding,I just felt so good doing it.With all this said,I hope this brings you some insight and you find it helpful to you,good luck with you goal,I'm sure you can accomplish this if you are motivated and determined enough,Tomb Raider.

I would answer but you set the bar pretty high with that "if someone really knows what their doing" talk (btw you want they're not their). You probably won't get any answers because you've gone and made everyone feel like they're underqualified to answer. You're a noob to exercise yet you demand advice from experts only, sounds a bit unfair to me.

Besides these questions are a huge pain to answer without copy and pasting. Nobody wants to map out your entire meal plan or your entire workout plan for you, you have to do the research yourself.