Workout for the day was bench press bar warmup, 135 x 8, 155 x 10, 155 x 10, skullcrushers & close grip bench press, tricep pull down, seated military press, cable crossovers and finished with crunches. I'm struggling with where I want to go with this. I have been focusing on high reps and doing a fair bit of cardio to try and lose weight. I want to develop a good base of lifting before I run a test cycle and I honestly feel that I'm still a year away from taking that step.
Food wise, I've been consuming around 2100-2200 calories and my weight has been pretty steady at 230lbs since the initial 10lbs I lost over the first three weeks of working out. My TDEE calculation is closer to 2500 with the amount of lifting/exercise I am currently doing according to a couple of different sites. Macros have been 35% protein/30% fat/35% carb on average. I use an app called Lose It to track it. I'm thinking about buying a food scale to more accurately track the food I'm eating. I think I may need some advice on the food stuff if there are any nutrition guys here. I do take Metformin and glipizide but I honestly haven't been taking it every single day. I know I need some carbs for the workouts so I try and consume some the night before with a cassein shake on the lifting days. I go lighter on carbs on the cardio/abs days although that may be a mistake. **** if I know, I'm a little overwhelmed with all of the info on the internet but please offer up anything you have on the subject. I've been reading a lot on this forum and love the info compared to bodybuilding.com and some of the other websites. I feel the documented user experiences over here are so much more valuable than Jim Stoppani trying to sell me some supplements and a workout plan.