Getting into shape

I have recently been excited about playing Rugby the past month and a half, so I have been going to my local gym and lifting w/ my brother. Im not really worried about weight, because my brother weighed a good 240 at the beginning of the summer 2-3 years ago, and at the end weighed 160, and all he did was focus on protein and eating right. The thing is, if you have high protein, your muscles will last longer. You will find it SO easy to go longer and the longer you go running or lifting, the more fat you burn. That is basically the rule I have been following although i have been slipping a bit I do see a little muscle formation in my left arm and a little more in my right mainly due to jerking off.

What I can give though:

Buy some creatine, buy a gym-pass. Lift weights as much as possible, before doing so have a water of Creatine mixed with the correct grams. Focus HARD on what you eat, and most of all, excersize. Even if you barely focus on what you eat, but focus TONS on excersizing and lifting weights, you can still do well, if not, then you can do excellent.

My plan:

Lose 40-80 lbs this summer. I weigh 215. I have been lifting since 2nd grade with my brother(who was my age when I was in 2nd grade), and I have always been the 'top of the line lifter' in my school. I do NOT plan to lose that title.

My influences:

My brother, he has done it, I KNOW i can succede with tons of hard work.
My father, He would be so happy if I come out to CA july 7th and he sees me weighing even 20 lbs lighter.
My social life, I will have more respect.

Think of the things you care about most, and we can both succede.

Eat whatever you want Grav, just dont eat late at night, or within a few hours before you sleep.

You shouldn't have to be all hardcore like IRON DFD over there.. just do a few crunches and pushups every other night or so untill you get strong enough to do more without hurting yourself.

Getting a job in the construction industry is a good way to keep active... lol

I'm a roofer...
Ever carried one hundred and fifty or so 80 pound bundles of shingles up a 40 foot ladder? I have .. lol every carried a forty foot ladder?... I do very little excersize at home cause I work so hard...

Yeah fuck all that.

My friend Ben (18 yo) is being an Iron Worker.

He fucking is insane hes been getting so much stronger-.-

A job loading 18 wheelers at UPS will bulk you up. It's working for me.

I have known cats that BANK working for UPS and Fed Ex... good choice JR

I've been there less than a month and they already want me to start working as a supervisor. May take them up on it too, seeing as how it would triple my paycheck and get me out of the union...

You cant just lift as much as you can every day and think it's going to work... Rest is about as important as the workout itself.

I agree with DFD, machine weights arent good. What you may want to try when doing situps is take some weight, put that in your hands behind your head, and start doing situps, you will definitly feel the burn alot quicker.

Buy some protein powder to make shakes, preferably of Whey protein.

Just one more thing, Eat breakfast like a king and dinner like a pauper.
Meaning that it's better to take the larger meals early during the day. Diner should be your smallest meal of the day. Besides diner dont eat anything in the evening.

I lost about 35 lbs. around 5 months ago...then I realized it made absolutely no difference in my appearance because I'm so short, so I gained it back.