Hello my name is Sam and i am very new to the site and new to lifting, i started lifting about 3 and a half months ago with a powerlifter(that more or less told me some stuff to do because he is old and kind of out of it now, so a lot of my program was built by me from stuff like west side routine and reading stuff about Eric Cressey) and i absolutely love it, but there is one problem. I am FAT. I am 233 pounds, 5’11. I want to get down to 195 if possible.
I started on a diet yesterday but it is not much of one. I basically am cutting out all sugar and doing bleachers and sprints(hope to do them 5 days a week). I still eat some fruit, like a banana or something in my cottage cheese and eat meat, egg whites, a bowl of white rice(love it) before my workouts and drink whey protein after and in the mornings. I work out 3 times a week and grapple almost everyday, so i need some energy for practice.
Also i am now working at the gym that i train at. I am a college student so i don’t have much money to buy a lot of supplements. I have asked many people at the gym about a diet, but they were all bodybuilders, i know they know how to cut but i dont want to lose any of the muscle that i have been working for lately.
But it is my birthday July 13th so i took all of my money and bought some stuff i kept hearing about Biotest Creatine and Surge (also knee straps,bad knee). I dont even know when to take the stuff, guessing right after a workout.
I also dont know if i am supposed to load like i have heard from some folks and i also dont know about how much water i am supposed to drink with it. And my goal was to cut sugar but Surge is full of it. If anybody can point me to a diet i would appreciate it. Also my bench is struggling. If you have any pointers there tell me.
I recorded my best lifts after 3 weeks of working out and these are what i got this week:
Bench 170->240
Deadlift 365->450
Because of my knee i have not been able to go heavy because until a month ago it was messed up, now its a lot better. But i am working very hard to improve it.
I know this is a ton of shit but any help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks,
Sam