Thread: Have questions, need advice!

Be forewarned: this is quite a long post, but I'd appreciate it if you'd give it a read and at least leave some sort of comment or reference. Thanks .

I'm fifteen and I've been training for a few months now with strength goals, and I've made some pretty decent gains (I've only been serious for a couple of months). I decided I would like to lose weight, but I'm afraid of losing my gains. Not only that, but I was wondering if a good diet and weight training would be good enough to lose weight. After all, if you build more muscle, won't that extra muscle help burn more fat, even in rest? And what kind of diet should I have? If possible, I'd like specific foods I should eat, or even a specific meal plan I can follow ('more protein' doesn't really help that much). I also find it difficult to eat six times a day, but five times is possible with my schedule (school is basically the only problem). Probably about 20 or 30 (just a guesstimate) pounds would be what I'd like to eventually lose, and preferably within a couple of months. No, I'm not one of those people who just works out to look good for the summer and then goes back into a sedintary lifestyle; I take this very seriously; this has slowly become a priority in my life. I would love to be able to just continue weight training and eat better to lose the weight (I hate cardio unless I could find some sort of workout I'd love, but that's unlikely, and would probably interfere with my weight training). My diet right now isn't all that terrible, but it definitely isn't allowing me to lose weight (and of course, by this I mean lean muscle mass and not just a dependence on the scale; I have some very obvious 'problem areas' that I would be ecstatic to get taken care of, and for which I don't need a scale to help me decide whether they're taken care of). I always eat breakfast before school (usually leftovers of what I had the night before); I drink at lunch because I hate school food and I don't know what to bring to school to eat; I usually eat when I get home from school, if not, after I work out; sometimes I have another snack; dinner; maybe another snack. One of my main problems is what I drink, because pop is a big waste of calories. Luckily, I've kind of weened myself off of the pop and now I drink milk, chocolate milk, or juice. Should I just be drinking water? I always drink water while I work out, and usually after because I'm quite thirsty. I'd prefer foods that don't need to be cold or hot, because then I could eat them anytime, and I could bring them to school to get in another meal. I also will not take any supplements (except for vitamins, that is, if they would help). Thanks for reading this long post, and please let me know if there's any other information I can provide.

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

I'm about 5'11'' and 230 (mostly muscle... I hope); I have no idea what my body fat percent is. My training is with strength goals, and my routine looks something like this:
Day One: BB Bent Over Rows 1x8 (50), 3x5 (120); Dips 2x2; Bicycles 3x50; Stretches
Day Two: Off
Day Three: DB Presses 1x8 (60), 3x5 (90); Flies 1x8 (10), 3x5 (10); Arnold Presses 1x8 (30), 3x5 (40); Bicycles 3x50; Stretches
Day Four: Off
Day Five: Squats 1x8 (125), 3x5 (190); Deadlifts (125), 3x5 (210); Bicycles 3x25; Stretches
Day Six: Off
Day Seven: Off
Thanks for the advice; I think I'll just stick with the weight training and watch what I eat a little more. Coincidentally, my mom bought flax seed oil pills just yesterday, so I'm taking them with meals. Thanks again.

You sure your making any gains with that workout? You gotta throw up alot more weight than that... Just curious... you should check out the training forum.