New to the forum, need some hard advice.

[str8himalaya]

Hello,

I am new to the forum and am in need of some hard advice. Here is my story. On January 1st of 2011 I weighted in at 255lbs at 5'10" tall and 25 years old. I was very heavy, and I looked terrible. I was married three months earlier in october, and things turned south quickly. So on the first of January i decided to make a life change, in a lot of ways. Over the course of three to four months i lost over 40 lbs to right around 215 just by changing my diet. I started eating a lot of green veggies and cutting my calories literally in a tenth at times. I know this wasnt healthy, so once i hit 215, i was no longer able to lose anymore weight like this. I started to workout with cardio 6 days a week. When i started i wasnt able to run a mile without stopping, even at a very slow jog. It was pathetic to say the least considering I was a three sport athlete in high school. Once August 1st hit I was all the way down to 188 lbs and my scale said right around 21.9 % body fat when i woke up and 18.6% after a workout. I started to put lifting into my workout at the end of june, and started to see a change in how i felt as well as running 5 days a week. Well, once the last week of august came around, i started to lose motivation. I started eating sporatically and only worked out maybe 2 days a week if i was lucky. I stepped on the scale today and it showed 192 at 22% body fat...but i feel so much more fat on my body than i did before. My workout was as follows: Day 1-Upper body (8 lifts), 20 minute run. Day 2-Lower body and shoulders (7 lifts) and a twenty minute run Day 3-Back and core workout, 20 minute run. Day 4-Rest. Repeat cycle. My diet was as follows: Breakfast-4 egg beaters, two packets of oatmeal. Snack-Peanut butter sandwich on wheat bread. Lunch-Chicken breast, cup of broccoli, cup of cottage cheese. Snack-greek yogurt and tuna. Dinner-chicken breast, brown rice, fruit (varied). Post workout was 2 scoops of protein (52 g) in 20 oz. of water. Is this a good workout and diet? I seemed to be doing alright with it, but I feel i lost motivation because i wasnt seeing the results i wanted, maybe impatient. Any advice? I am wanting to get to at least 15 percent body fat by holloween, which is the day after my birthday. I just need some hard advice from those of you that have been through this. I have lost 70lbs, but im still not happy with what i see in the mirror! Any advice is greatly appreciated and thank you for the long read.

[th3pwn3r]

If you're getting results at the rate you want and they're good results you're doing it right. Going a faster route might not be optimal when it comes to keeping it off but you may be able to run a higher deficit. Just do your best to preserve the muscle you have while cutting and being patient is a good thing as well.

[iamme8170288778]

you can work to hard just be careful

[sawoobley]

Read the stickies and compose a proper diet for yourself. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=121703981

Learn the basics. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=129247741

Hit your macro and calorie goals each day and lift heavy. Profit.