Noob with a couple questions

[ss7seven]

Noob here. My wife and I have finally started hitting the gym again after my daughter was born in march (3rd child!) I am 5'10" 216 lbs. more fat than I care to admit to. I am also an ex-smoker, but I have built up to doing an hour on the elliptical (bad knees, can't do treadmill) My question is, with my diet somewhat locked down, is doing the hour nightly 5x a week going to be enough to get me in the 185 lbs. range by halloween?
some stats:
chest: 45
waist : 36
thigh: 26
biceps: 16

 

[ss7seven]

Nobody?

 

[ajaygill]

why don't you get some lipoflame, its great, kick starting your metbolism and gives me tonnes of energy. how many calories you cosuming per day?

 

[ss7seven]

why don't you get some lipoflame, its great, kick starting your metbolism and gives me tonnes of energy. how many calories you cosuming per day?

I ordered my lipoflame this morning!
I am getting roughly 2400 cals a day, 2k-2100 all before 1600. All my cardio is at around 1700, then have a pwo snack (usually a can of tuna and a 1/2 gal of water)

 

[ss7seven]

Re: Noob with a couple questions *UPDATED*

ok, so I have been doing my cardio all week, been eating pretty clean, only had one slip up! I am down 6 lbs this week. I know that probably 5.5 lbs was water weight but 6 lbs down is 6 lbs down.

 

[nikkita]

the cardio can help, but it is all in your diet.

 

[ss7seven]

the cardio can help, but it is all in your diet.

Yeah that has been hammered home on more thatn one occassion. I am going to reduce cal intake by 20% next week and see how I feel.

 

[nikkita]

what are you eating?

 

[ss7seven]

what are you eating?

morning - banana + protein shake
mid-morn - handfull of cashews
lunch - can of tuna + 2 litres of water
mid-afternoon - protein shake
dinner - usually grilled chicken & brown rice

After w/o - can of tuna with water.

Usually consume about 1gal - 1.5 gal of water a day.

 

[nikkita]

in my opinion, your diet needs to be redesigned, are those really 2400 cals? what about complex carbs, vegetables and other essential fatty acids?