New and need all the help i can get

[DennyC716]

Well let me start off by saying I am fairly new to health and fitness. I am a 33 year old police officer, father of 3. We have recently been given a height/weight requierment and I need to lose about 35 pounds. I have 6 months to lose the weight or I will not get my yearly pay raise. More importantly, I need to lose weight for the health benefits.

This is what i have did so far.

I bought a new mountain bike to ride daily. I paid a new gym membership for 1 year. I read alot prior to starting and bought a fair amount of supplements. I picked up the following:
1. Multi Vitamin
2. Flax seed pills
3. Fish Oil Pills
4. VPX Meltdown
5. vitamin C pills
6. Muscle Milk (Chocolate)
7. I also bought creatine and glutamine, but after reading further, not sure i will take this due to some of the concerns that ive heard of off the site.

I work midnights so i have to doctor my diet and working out around my schedule at work. I would like any and all input you guys can give me to help me with this goal of mine. I would like to lose 35 pounds by June 1.

Thank you in advance

 

[Arnold]

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[Built]

Well let me start off by saying I am fairly new to health and fitness. I am a 33 year old police officer, father of 3. We have recently been given a height/weight requierment and I need to lose about 35 pounds. I have 6 months to lose the weight or I will not get my yearly pay raise. More importantly, I need to lose weight for the health benefits.

This is what i have did so far.

I bought a new mountain bike to ride daily. I paid a new gym membership for 1 year. I read alot prior to starting and bought a fair amount of supplements. I picked up the following:
1. Multi Vitamin
2. Flax seed pills
3. Fish Oil Pills
4. VPX Meltdown
5. vitamin C pills
6. Muscle Milk (Chocolate)
7. I also bought creatine and glutamine, but after reading further, not sure i will take this due to some of the concerns that ive heard of off the site.

I work midnights so i have to doctor my diet and working out around my schedule at work. I would like any and all input you guys can give me to help me with this goal of mine. I would like to lose 35 pounds by June 1.

Thank you in advance

Good for you for doing this!

Read "eat less and move more", the first link here, to get you started:
Got Built? ??» Open Source Fitness - Get started here

Now, your supplements.

1. Multi Vitamin <- good
2. Flax seed pills <- don't take. Return it.
3. Fish Oil Pills <- good; I take 10 of these (10 grams) daily.
4. VPX Meltdown <- don't bother yet
5. vitamin C pills <- good
6. Muscle Milk (Chocolate) <- this is helpful for weight GAIN. You don't need any help with that right now. You'll be dieting, you'll likely prefer to concentrate on food that enhances satiety, and that means chewing. Return it.
7. creatine and glutamine <- creatine is good - I take 5g daily of pure creatine monohydrate (one heaping teaspoon). Glutamine is a waste of cash. Return it.

 

[DennyC716]

thank you guys for the quick responses.

 

[Built]

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Get on it, post up your average after a few days. It all starts there.

 

[DennyC716]

that is a nice site. I went out and were looking for a calculator book at the stores. This site will save me loads of time. Thanks a million.