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He sounds like a smart doctor then. He is telling you to do exactly what I did.
No I didn't start weight training until I was under 200lbs. Too many people concentrate on the number they see on the scale and they build their program around that number. Thats a mistake. What you need to be concerned with is the ratio of fat on your body to water/muscle i.e. BF%. From previous testing I knew that I wouldn't be a solid single digit BF range untill 200lbs or under so there was no sense in starting early when their is still fat to be lost.

You will thank yourself for doing it this way too. When your body carries a real low BF range it shows absolutely everything. I can use my own body for a refference point. Go to the exercise section and look at my muscle building thread I started. The reason I can look like that is I carry a very low BF. When body building or gaining muscle im my opinion its better to worry about defenition than size. Its why I train like I do. I can get more detailed.

Some examples and frames of refference. When im at the gym my entire body exploads and my veins grow out everywhere. Im able to see peak/and lines where the guy next to me cant. Now he may infact be able to physically lift more than me but, I look better in the mirror why? BF range. There are two types of builders and two main ways of lifting. Hypertrophy/hyperplasia.

In my opinion I would rather carry a decent amount of strength and look great than have sheer size mass. Besides in my expeirence when a women is looking at a mans body she won't care weither his arms are 14inches or 19. She will however care if he looks muscular or not. I could give two craps if I ever bench more than 300lbs I would rather be able to rip my shirt off and make "x" girl do a double take.

You'll find most guys care about the latter more too. The only reason they wouldn't is if they aren't disciplined enough with their eating/cardio sessions to carry a low BF range. You also get guys who suffer from agorofobia(sp?). The "size kings" I have a few friends I train with who are like that as well.

You will be happier with your body and healthier the lower your BF range is. I hope my sales pitch is hitting home with you. Its all about BF% nothing else matters when looking in the mirror. Even muscle cause if you carry a low enough range what muscle you do have will show through just fine.
No you are eating enough protein right now to maintain your current level of muscle and drop fat. Which at this point is all that really matters. You do not need to try and take in my level of protein. It would only hurt you and your weightloss.
circuit/interval training is a great way to cut the pounds off I agree 100%. Although you may want to change up your time figures some. The shorter your workouts(timewise) the more intense they have to be to gain the desired results. Make sense?

In other words lets say you only have 1hour to workout. Thats not alot of time so i'd warm up on the treamil/eliptical for 5 minutes then do 45minutes at a 140-150BPM average or better. Then the last 10minutes i'd hit the machines. You dont really need weight machines at your weight. YOU ARE YOUR OWN WEIGHT MACHINE at 300lbs. People/trainers don't realize that doing intense cardio carrying around that kind of weight is like lifting weights. You will not only maintain your current LBM you may even increase it by doing intense cardio sessions. Not only that you will be loosing vast amounts of fat and water during the process which is great. You will find that doing another 5-10minutes on that eliptical while kiling yourself will get you MORE inreturn for your efforts then hitting that lat pull down machine over there. It is ALL about heart rate. Don't let anyone kid you or tell you differently. The higher average BPM you can carry during a workout the more calories you will burn and inturn will help you on the scale the most and I can prove it.

You wanna know why all those perscription weight loss drugs work that the doc gives you? things like phentermine, Lipodrene. Its cause they carry a drug called ephedra. Ephedra speeds up your heart rate 15-20BPM throughout the day. Its why those people can loose weight while taking that drug without any other change in their diet/exercise program. Its also why the doc alot of times will put you under a heart stress test before giving them to you. They can be dangerous if taking improperly. The only reason gyms came up with the "fat burning" zone BS in the late 80's was because the business was expeirencing a sudden BOOM in cliente and business like before was never seen. Suddenly the country was obsessed with getting fit and inshape. Gyms at that time did not have any wavers of liablity for people to sign and needed a way to make sure they A. did not kill themselves on theirwatch and B. did not totally loose all their weight so they would keep coming back.
The fat burning zone is designed for larger people avoiding injury or a skinny person training during a injury trying not to upset it. The truth is if you can train harder/faster than you are, you need to be doing it. The scale your heart/lungs/cardiovascular system,blood,ect will ALL thankyou.
The reason you are loosing at the rate of 5lbs per week right now is cause you are still over 300lbs. As your weight lowers your weightloss will slow more and more overtime. Its why your workouts and cardio sessions MUST increase and get more intense as time go's on. The less you weigh the more you have to work in order to achieve the same level of workout, understand?

I can use my own body as a example. I too was loosing at the rate of 5lbs per week at 320lbs but, I was also still loosing at that rate at 220lbs.People ask me all the time how I was able to loose 250lbs in 11ish months. You talk to 10 different people without personal expeirence and you will prolly get 10 different answers. Let me provide the real one.

Its because as my weight got lower and lower my workouts increased slowly harder and harder over time. Its what helped me keep my body in that constant carbolic state week in and week out. If you go back and read old threads of mine you will see that at 350lbs I was only doing around 30 miles a week. While when I was 250lbs I was doing more like 50-60 and at a faster pace.

I haven't given any real serious thought to becoming a trainer. Truth be told its great to be able to help people and give real world solid advice gained through expeirence but, the sad part is as much as you can wish/want "x" person to achieve their goals they set for themselves. Weither or not they reach them has little to do with you and more to do with them.

I hope I was of some assistance to you. Im sorry for the length. I actually typed out alot of it and then accidently erased a large portion of it. I didn't feel like typing everything back out again but, you got pretty much everything you need to know right there.

Let me know if you need anything else. Making these discussons public will hopefully dispel some miths about training/exercise and weight loss.

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