Places to find good workout/fat burning info?

Hey guys! Pretty much:

I need a place where I can look, and learn on how to effectively turn my lifestyle from an unhealthy one, to a healthy one.

If anybody knows source(s) that can provide:

• diet info: in general, what’s good? What’s bad?
• Good workout routines
• What’s supplements are good? Bad? Why?
• Anything useful to building muscle, and losing fat.

My goals is to get in shape, and feel confident about my body. I’m tired of being overweight, if not borderline obese according to my BMI, and really want to get healthy, and look healthy. I want to get down to a weight of 170-185, and not be ripped but look like I work out, if that makes sense.

My problem is, I have no clue on where to look, and google doesn’t help me at all in finding what I want to know. (Why? I don’t know, everything I find is bland, or extremely vague and in turn useless)



Maybe if you can help me yourself?

• I’m 5’10
• 220lbs at the beginning of Feb.
• My waist size in pants is 34-36 (brands)
• I recently started doing body weight exercises (pushups/crunches/squats) but not super regularly.
• I have a bad diet, no clue what to eat/when despite trying to google it. (I know less fats more proteins, etc but like... portion sizes? How often do I eat? No clue.)
• I DO take 20mg of Adderall daily (ADHD) if that matters...
• I have the time, and desire to change my lifestyle but don’t know what to do and my problem is I won’t commit to something if I don’t know what the plan is. So like, “just start doing stuff” doesn’t work with me: I lose my drive, and taper off. (Kinda like what’s going on with body weight exercises.)

I’ve asked something before in here, and got good responses but I’m not looking for an explanation from you guys, instead HELPFUL sources that really work to explain... everything I guess... if you can do that yourself? That’s awesome and I’d love for you to, and I’d be forever thankful for literally changing my life.

It comes down to this: I’m done living unhealthy, I’m done being fat, to be blunt. I want to feel good, I want to do good, and I want to be confident when I take my shirt off at the beach, or any time I’m doing anything, really.

I’d give anything to get in shape, and feel good about myself. I’d do anything. The pain of exercising won’t turn me off because I know it’s a requirement for growth. I just... don’t know what to do.

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TLDR/better explaination than above tbh:

Please, anything will help. TLDR I want to lose 40-50 pounds.

If there’s supplements that will help me, what are they? What should I avoid?

What should I even be doing? I have a gym I can go to (provided by my college tuition) but have zero clue on what to do there. To lose weight? To tone muscles?

What should I be eating? Avoiding? How often? Portions? Be specific if you can, that would help the most rather than being vague.

I don’t really care if YOU provide me answers, but I really want sources too so I can continue on past what you’re saying. Where can I look to get answers? Google doesn’t help me find what I’m looking for (trust me I’ve tried for 2+months)

Thank you in advance. I really, really can’t explain how badly I want to get in shape and lose weight. I just don’t know what to do, and have no clue what to expect/do.

 

Thank you for this advice, I will definitely use it, and hopefully it will yield good results!

I do have a couple questions:

1) Since I would be cutting out sugary drinks (soda, sweet teas, etc) what would be your suggestions to drink? - I know water, unsweet tea, and coffee are good choices, but the only reason I drink anything with sugar in it like sweet tea is because I can't really stand the taste of unsweet tea, black coffee, or in certain circumstances water. (My go-to drink is Arnold Palmer Half/Half Lite, which has roughly 19g of sugar per 12oz can, as compared to Sunkist that has 44g per 12oz can.)

2) Paired with the one above, I've heard water has a lot of health benefits in general. My only issue is I can't drink tap water (can't stand the taste of it where I live), and haven't found any bottled waters that I really like. (I can taste a difference in water, IDK about others but I can. Maybe it's made up in my mind? No clue but there's definitely a difference.) So, what waters would you suggest?

3) Finally, what about drinking protein shakes, and similar drinks? I know a few people who drink them as meal replacements, and I've read a few labels of some and they can have a lot of good nutrients in them. Haven't drank any myself but I did think about it when I start working out, and really going hard at it. You said to avoid any supplements. Would that include these?

Again, thank you SO MUCH for that, and even more thanks for the answers to these!

 

hey thanks for the info, it'll definitely help!

 

Thank you for this. Even if it’s critical, it’s what I need.

As of now, (after zero exercise the past 5 years) I’ve started doing pushups, crunches (or sit-ups, depends on how I feel that morning), squats and planks every morning, and plan to do it every morning/night with breaks on Saturday/Sunday.

I also plan to incorporate running by mid-March which will be fun (or so that’s what I’m telling myself... out first it’s going to suck but I know it’ll only get better as I continue on.)

FINALLY to cover the water thing, it’ll suck out first, and I’ll have to, well, stop being a baby. The one water Ive figured out I like (or at least don’t mind drinking it, as compared to the tap water that comes from my dorm that was build in the mid 70s) is the taste (or lack of) of Smart Water and that’s what I plan to drink despite it being pricy.

Again, thank you for this and I plan to come back here with good news whenever I begin to notice it!