Starting a new diet/routine

Good luck! Come back if you decide you wanna do some weights.

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Do yourself a huge favor and add some form of pull-ups and some form of row like ring rows, barbell rows or Trx rows.

Also how big a fellow are you?

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I know I need to add some pull-ups, but my bar sucks and I can only do them in my living room so it has to be assisted which really isn't getting me thee results I need. I'm down to about 233 now from 305. 72lbs lost since Jan.

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My plan is to start back weight lifting when I get down to 200. Right now I'm just trying to get my waist down to 36 inches.

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This is illogical. You're going to make yourself skinny fat.

I was 232 in January. Got serious with the weights again and started watching what I ate. Had some recomposition and dropped 10 pounds and two inches off my waist over 5 months.

I wasn't satisfied, and in June I started tracking my diet with MFP and used an IF approach to help cut calories. I've lost 20 pounds since June and look great.

Weight lifting burns a lot of calories. You won't put on slabs of muscle if you are in a calorie deficit, but it will help prevent muscle loss. Just don't expect to make massive strength gains.

Why not lift now? It will only help

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Why not lift now? It will only help

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It would, but I don't have alot of access to weightlifting equipment. Hear me out. Where I work there is only a YMCA and they charge $50 a month for membership. In the afternoons I'm the primary care taker for my daughter and nephew so I can't go to the gym, I can only walk around my neighborhood and that is only a couple of times a day. I have to get my walking/running in in the morning, usually 3 miles and I'll do another 2 mile walk on my lunch break. I don't want to pay for a membership when I know I can only use it twice a week right now and plus Planet Fitness is far from where I live. I'm probably just going to end up buying a curl bar, some weights and dumbbells and a bench to keep in my house.

Thanks, bro. You've been very insightful and helpful. I really appreciate it.