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Originally Posted by Monkeydad

Up 30 in a year. Impressive.

Diet is more important than your choice of activity whether your goals are to lose fat or bulk up.

Don't overdo the cardio if you want to keep the weight off. You need to build muscle that will continually burn the fat. Cardio can help you "sweat off" the pounds but you won't gain much muscle that plays a big role in keeping the fat off.

If you're serious about lifting, a good starter program is called "Starting Strength."

The Workouts Recommended for Strength Training | Starting strength training

Couldnt agree more. I hadnt worked out until i did 2 months of p90x a couple years ago. I followed the p90x with a few months of weight lifting. Followed that up with 18 months of binge eating/drinking with a special focus on avoiding walking at all costs. Ive been very slow to gain weight, i think because of the muscle ive built up. Although, i am offically fat again.

Last night i had a half of bag of ruffles with heluvagood ranch dip, followed by an entire bag of white chedder popcorn (farmers' chedder is wack), washed down with a mojito, along with a piece of cake, some receses pieces cups and a piece or 2 of short bread mixed in (recent bday gifts). But it wasnt until i got my drivers license out of the mailbox and saw my new picture that i realized how fat i am again.

I hate gyms. But i am planning on running a 10k in March. I only want to do the 10k so i can have the endurence to do a month or 2 of p90x right, in order to build up muscle, so that i can enjoy eating and drinking like a college kid again for another year or so.