help losing weight first timer

kevoc85

hey lads and lassies im 23 and 5ft 10/11" and currently 13 stone lookiing to shed up 2 stone i want to lose the beer gut and man boobs iv started to develope i also want to lose a bit off weight in the face and get my self in shape really iv never did exercise but i want to know what is best for me to achieve my goals

Bog Butter

Your diet probably needs to be addressed so post your typical daily food intake first.

kevoc85

in the morning id have a bowl of fruit and fibre tea and brown toast
lunch i could have crap like steak and kidneys pies saussage rolls ect dinner id have steak and chips,bacon and cabbage, processed lassagne
id reguarly snack on crisps and id drink 20 pints of heineken every second or third weekend and i smoke about 25fags a week

celestial

kevoc85 wrote: »

in the morning id have a bowl of fruit and fibre tea and brown toast
lunch i could have crap like steak and kidneys pies saussage rolls ect dinner id have steak and chips,bacon and cabbage, processed lassagne
id reguarly snack on crisps and id drink 20 pints of heineken every second or third weekend and i smoke about 25fags a week

So..you can prob see one or two things to change straight off the bat there, right..?

floggg

Not trying to be smart here or anything, but what do you think you should change on that diet posted OP?

kevoc85

i know i have to tweek the diet i was just been honest so i can get the best advise

Vain

You should be eating 5 to 6 times a day (no chips or deli food) Cut down on the drink would be even better if your stopped drinking. Hit the gym do loads of cardio and weights.

floggg

kevoc85 wrote: »

i know i have to tweek the diet i was just been honest so i can get the best advise

As i said, i wasn't being smart - i did actually know what changes you should make. I ask for two reasons:

(a) there is plenty of obvious things in peoples diets which they should be able to spot straight off and look at correcting themselves; and

(b) often what people think is healthy etc isn't, so i would like to see what you're conceptions are first.

Also, there are some great resources in here in the stickies, so i often think it would be better for people to have a read through them first and attempt to come up with they're own diets first which they know they can stick to, rather than being giving diets which work for someobdy else but which they would not enjoy.

kevoc85

thanks for he help so far lads so iv been reading up and i think weights are the way to go to lose weight and tone up am i right

floggg

kevoc85 wrote: »

thanks for he help so far lads so iv been reading up and i think weights are the way to go to lose weight and tone up am i right

No a good diet is. Simple as. Weights are a great help once you have the diet sorted, but won't do anything on their own.

Bog Butter

You need to do both weights and cardio (running, cycling etc.). Both are just as important for losing weight. When you start to do cadio regularly you start to feel fit no matter how much weight you are carrying. That itself is a great feel good factor and encourages you to eat well.

kevoc85

what should i do weight wise was thinking of buying a bench and some weights in argos