re: Workout routine for severely out of shape 50 year old male

Once you cross your late 30’s, eating right is as important or more important to losing weight than working out is.

Like others above said:

-Eat meat and vegetables and stay away from the fried food and bread. Break the sugar/bad carb habit. And only eat between 7am and 7pm. That’s beginning fasting.

-Get a trainer to help you with weight lifting-you don’t want to get injured on the front end and then fall farther down that hole.

-Get moving. Go buy some quality running shoes from a reputable running store and start out walking. Set cardio goals. 10 minutes 3x-4x per week to begin, then move up from there.

-Stop drinking or severely limit it. It’s not what you want to hear-especially this time of year. But you’ll need to in order to lose weight. Besides the empty carbs it adds, it lowers your inhibition to eat late and eat right and screws up your hydration. And being hungover, even slightly, will make you want to skip a run/workout.

I’m in my early 40’s and was 20lbs. over where I needed to be at the beginning of the year. Getting more serious about my eating and cardio and severely limiting my alcohol intake made the weight fall off and stay off. I do a CrossFit type class (not as intense) for strength, but I wouldn’t recommend that to begin. I also run at least 3x per week.