I am 5'11" and 225lbs.
The weight is mostly around my stomach as it is 45" around with about same size chest.

I am thinking about doing the lean for the first month. Then if my body gets used to working out then going to the doubles for the 2nd and 3rd phase. I would like to drop as much weight as I can to start with a strict diet.

I am sore, but feel good after the workout yesterday.

It looks like my calorie intake is around 1500 a day.
The meals are around 150 for first 2 each day. Then around 300 at lunch and 150-300 for snack. Then bigger at supper around 600 and then workout at night for now with a chocolate 1% milk. I am going to start adding whey protien to it tonight and see if that helps with the recovery.

Anyone have any thoughts to this regimen?

Also anyone have any thoughts about xenadrine rfa-1?
I am thinking of taking this for the first month to accelerate weight loss.

Thanks

hey, hello and welcome.

i just have one thing, since i started at similar numbers as you (6'@ 224lbs). you need more calories. if i remember correctly, i calculated that i needed nearly 3200 calories/day. and since you are in the same boat, so do you. cutting all the way down to 1500 will impeded your progress. how? you may ask. if you take in TOO little calories than your body needs, the body goes into "starvation mode". which essentially means, your body hangs onto every ounce of fat that it can, and will start burning muscle tissue for energy. fat takes less to maintain than muscle, which is why your body will hang on to it more, it also provides warmth =P Rule of thumb is that, at the ABSOLUTE max, you should have a 1000 calorie deficit from your daily recommended. 500 is more around the ballpark that you should be at.

and IMHO, do classic. theres more strength training in classic. which will build more muscle. muscle burns more calories at rest. cardio you burn more calories only when you're doing the cardio. classic would have the better lasting effect.

in any case, good luck with the program!

Ok. I will eat more at meals. I just am not that hungry, and I eat 5 times a day. I cant eat much breakfast, so I will have to add more calories at lunch and supper.

I will switch over to the classic. I just want to lose as much weight to start that I can. The rest of the week is the same workouts so I will just switch today. Only the day 1 and 2 are different the first month.

Does anyone know how much sodium you should have a day? I need to find out what this does to your body.

I am consuming little fat, about 30% carbs and 50% protien right now.
I will try to at least get around 2400 calories a day instead of 1500.

Thanks for the input so far.

Im on Phase 1 week 2 day 3.
So far I feel pretty good after each day. I take a whey protien shake after the workouts and it feels like it does wonders for me.
I have seen little physical results so far, but I hope that by the end of the phase I will see some changes.
I am eating very well. I only drink water besides protien drinks after workouts and I am drinking probably 2 times as much water as they suggest on most days.

I am having a hard time staying up with the videos, but I am hoping by the end of phase one I can at least complete 100% of every video. I know I am pushing when I get light headed at the end.

Good luck all.

dont fret not being able to keep up, and quite frankly, i dont think you're supposed to. i just finished round 2 and i still can't keep up (granted there was a 5 month lay-off between round 1 and 2...)

just keep pushing play, the results will come (and dont worry, its only been 2 weeks!). did you take day 1 pix? and how's the diet going?

Depending on how hard you are working out you do not need 3200 calories. I would say 2000 - 2500 max but 1500 might be to low if you are working out hard and not just dieting.

Your Base Metabolic Rate (BMR) is in the area of 1934 (Harris-Benedict formula) and 2116 (Schofield formula) calories per day. WORKOUT PROGRAM RULE OF THUMB: TARGET A BALLPARK OF 1550-2130 HONEST CALORIES PER DAY if your main goal is fat-loss

www.hussmanfitness.org/bmrcalc.htm