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Am I doing this right?

johnny99 Posts: 4 Joined: 2005/06/28	2006/08/17, 01:17 PM Over the past 2 months I have dropped from 210lbs to 180lbs I am 37 and 5 foot 10" first by cutting out most carbs daily menu was, no breakfast (can't face food in the morning) Lunch - melon and bananas dinner, meat and veg, no potatoes, rice, pasta, bread or fats drinking lots of water at least 3 litres a day I got down to 190lbs I started gym 4 weeks ago and I now eat Breakfast and lunch Promax Diet high protein shake (past week) I am also taking Inferno fat burning capsules (past week) Dinner meat and veg and about 3 times a week I will add small portion rice/veg Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri, I spend 1 1/2 hours in gym first 1/2 hour doing cardio (HIIT) on cross trainer then weights alternating every day from stomach to upperbody I also do Kung Fu every wednesday which starts off with a good 45 mins of cardio exersise, running, sit ups, crunches, press ups etc, lots of stretching then sylabus work My stomach is really flabby,I'm presently 27% body fat My BMI has dropped from 35 to 26 Am I doing my routine well? should I be introducing whey protein after weight training? any tips would be very very grateful I want that flat stomach, so guess I need to loose another 14 to 20lbs please please help thanks Johnny
ecle5c Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/07/10	2006/08/17, 01:41 PM I have a question on the workout portion. Why do you do cardio first then weights? I would switch that. That way you have more energy for the weights and can do cardio after. Also instead of switching upper body and stomach, why not do upper body and lower body? I personally think you need to eat more. Find out how many calories your body needs for your goals. Then track how much you are eating daily and adjust where necessary. But I think you are taking in way too few calories.
mikencharleston Posts: 1,585 Joined: 2002/01/09	2006/08/17, 01:58 PM Hey Johnny - you'll do yourself a favor if you spend a little time reading the thumb tacked posts in each of the relevant forums. There's a lot of info that will answer most of your basic questions and let you help the folks here help you.
johnny99 Posts: 4 Joined: 2005/06/28	2006/08/17, 02:01 PM thank you very much just don't want to spend next 6 months for nothing want to get it right cheers
johnny99 Posts: 4 Joined: 2005/06/28	2006/08/17, 01:48 PM I'm new to all this I thought cardio first then training I think when I said stomach, I meant lower body, doing squats, sit ups and all the machines that state lower body/stomach area should I up my carbs or up my protein intake? should I be taking protein shakes after training? any help would be very grateful