Total Beginner

[gustopho]

Okay Guys,

I am totaly new to all this but heres what I have going on.

I started P90X 7 weeks ago. I know I shouldnt have, but I did, I went to 500 calories a day. I went from 234lbs 02/18, to 209lbs today, 03/28. I use the P90X recovery drink after each workout along with 1 P90X Activate pill. I stopped doing at and did the equasion below:

My calorie intake should be 2140 to self sustain

If I add 300 to add bulk it should be 40% 40% 20%

protein 976 cal/ 244g
carbs 976 cal/ 244g
fats 488 cal/ 52g

does this seem right to you?



I also take 2 total control, 2 cell-u-loss, 2 appetite control, 1 b-6, 1 b-12 mid day, these are all herbalife brands along with these pills I take 1 ultra mega gold GNC multi vitamin and 2 fish oil pills.

I do the workouts 6 days a week, except for Sunday around 9:30pm, then from there I tan for 20 minutes.

I was talking to a friend at work (and after a long group ass chewing) who introduced me to the USPLabs line of products. I currently bought Powerfull and the Jack3d.
I started taking the Powerfull 2 days ago, 1 a night before bed and tonight was the first time for the Jack3d, and let me tell ya my face is on fire (2 full scoops). Might be to much for starters. It feels like I just took a bottle of niacine.

I plan to start the Asteroid stack with the addition of the pink magic, jack3d, and recreate. What should I stop taking of the others, or is all okay together.

I know that I can no longer keep up with eating 2 fatfree yogurts 2 fat free cheese sticks and 1 recovery drink.

I know that some of you probly want to reach thru the fiber optics and chole me, but like a I said, I am totaly new to all this but want to get the most I can in the next 90 days.

Any and all scrutiny, fine tuning, reco's, ass chewing, strait talk, and name calling wanted here please.

neck 16
shoulder girth 49
bicep bent 14
bicep relax 13
bicep flex 15
chest 16
waist 38
hips 42
thigh 23
calf 15

209 lbs
25.25 body fat
6 foot 1
30 years old


Do I need to even focus on losing weight or can I just start right into putting on lean mass??

Is it possible to lose fat and gain mass at the same time.

Thanks to you all in advance.

I know this is alot, but I am so F$%^ing tired of being fat, lazy and a couch lounger. I want to be someone that others look at want to be like.

Chris

 

[_cato_]

lol bro, funny post

Couple things jump out at me:

1. Good job getting on the right track. Impressive losing 25 lbs in 1 month, though a good deal of it is probably water.

2. I suggest going with something close to maintenance calorie intake, as opposed to the severe deficit you were running before. Something like the macro split you mentioned above should be fine. Regardless of whether its a little over or a little under, you'll still continue to lose weight if you're doing that p90x workout 6 days a week, since that maintenance calculation doesn't take into account those calories you're burning from that.

3. You need to figure out what exactly your goals are. It seems like from what you wrote you aren't currently lifting weights. If you're interested in building muscle mass then you need to start doing that. Even if your goals are mainly fat loss, lifting weights will help you burn fat and keep it off once you're where you want to be. While under normal circumstances it's difficult to gain muscle and lose fat at once, since you appear to be a beginner when it comes to lifting weights, you will probably be able to do both at the same time for a while. I'd suggest something like a 3-4 day a week full body routine or upper/lower split doing compound free weight exercises. You can continue also doing the p90x but it is more of a aerobic cardio-type workout than a muscle building workout. To build muscle you need progressive loading on the muscles at high intensities. I'd say, on the whole, the most important thing for you at this point is to start lifting weights.

4. You're taking so many freaking supplements man. I don't even know what half of those do. Honestly, if you're going to use supplements at all, all you really need is maybe some protein powder, a multivitamin, and fish oil. You're far better off taking all that money you're spending on supplements and spending it on good foods. There's info on that in the diet section of this board.

5. Make sure you're drinking a lot of water.

As a side note, I think you must have typod on your chest measurement.

 

[bobby716]

yea bro you need to eat more. right now with the amount of foods your eating (or lack there of) your body is going into OH SHIT mode and preserving what you are taking in as fat. Eating something every 3 hours will keep your metabolism jacked up and getting the necessary nutrients to your body. this will in turn allow you to grow muscles and burn fat. as long as its clean food

dont waste your money on all those supplements yet stick to the basics. like cato said ^ fish oil multi vitamin some whey protien and your good to go. all the other money go to a store and buy all the steak chicken beef fish veggies oats you can.

go in the weight lifting section do some research on some different workouts get familiar with different exercises (look on youtube for videos if you dont know how to do something) and just hit the gym hard and dont look back. I'd look into the 5x5 workout i used that a few years back and it works.