Lose fat and gain muscle virgin

In an attempt to get things right from the start i see little point in starting something without gaining correct information from the outset from people that live and breath the life style. So armed with my 280lb body mass, 40" waist line and topping 6'3" tall im in for a tought year to start.

My aim is to get the nutritional part right and this is what I will probably find the hardest to fully understand as it?s not as simple as following a weightwatchers plan if u get where I?m coming from. Once the diet is nailed, I believe I?m 70% on the right path.

Aiming to keep as much muscle as possible whilst losing fat, a diet that will counter being strong and heavy in favour shape. I am pretty determined to lose fat and gain muscle though not actually look like a ripped bodybuilder. I am planning to get weighed weekly aiming for 1-2lb loss a week.

With regards supplements I have been pointed to Myprotein.co.uk paying particular attention to Total Protein, Impact whey isolate, Glutamine and Creatine, Waxy Maize Starch with the addition of the am/pm formula multi vitamin/mineral called Total Performance. The MP Max range of meal replacements also looks ok but no nothing about them.It has been suggested that reducing carbs on none training days may help tighten up the stomach. Unsure if this is right though.

All I need to do now is for someone to show how it?s all put together, simple if you know what you?re doing I suppose?

Below is a suggested diet, if it stacks up then I?m set to go, well apart from buying it in. What do you think or would change.

8.00am
 
- Mutli Vitamin Alpha Men (myprotein.co.uk)
- L Glutamine - 100% Pure L-Glutamine (myprotein.co.uk)
- HMB
 
9.00am Pulse (myprotein.co.uk)

9.30am
 
45 mins cardio

Breakfast 10.30am

- 100g oats or 3 Weetabix
- 200g skimmed milk
- Total Protein
- 40g Raisins
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- HMB (myprotein.co.uk)
- CLA (myprotein.co.uk)

12.30am
- 4 Oatcakes
- 3 Scrambled eggs
- Chicken Breast in wholemeal pitta bread
- 1 teaspoon flora oil
- L Glutamine - 100% Pure L-Glutamine (myprotein.co.uk)
- Omega 3 6 9 (myprotein.co.uk)

4.30pm
- Rice 50g
- 1 Tin Mackerel
- Whey Protein
- Creapure - Creatine Monohydrate (myprotein.co.uk)
- HMB (myprotein.co.uk)
- CLA (myprotein.co.uk)

Tea
- Same as 12.30
- Tribulus Pro - 300 mg (myprotein.co.uk)

8.00pm
1 hr Weights
 
Post training drink
- Recovery XS (myprotein.co.uk) 
 
10.30pm
- Beef Jerky (myprotein.co.uk)
- 300g low fat cottage cheese
- 4 Oatcakes
- Mutli Vitamin Alpha Men (myprotein.co.uk)
- L Glutamine - 100% Pure L-Glutamine (myprotein.co.uk)
- BCAA Plus (myprotein.co.uk)
 
Pleanty of ice water throughout the day also
Can someone suggest if my diet is ok for both fat loss in cardio in the morning and muscle mass gain in the evening Mon-Fri. Cardio will be in the morning about 0900 & something like

30mins cross trainer fat burning level 9
2000m on rowing machine 15mins
5min cool down running machine

All i want to do is get my diet started and it can be adjusted later. So here goes, the new me... Hopefully.

Welcome to MT (sorry for the lack of replies!)

To be honest that doesn't look too bad.  I would vary choices though.  Then monitor results and adjust accordingly.

Well thats a huge relief as I was unsure whether doing cario in the morning and weights in the eveining i was fueling my body correctly, so thanks for this James.

Good luck for 2010 also, from what i have read it come back time!

Richard

I would do your Cardio first thing in the morning with just a cup of strong coffee or at most 5g BCAA or L-Glutamine.

Thats great advice thanks for this.