So I recently started a diet. For the past 5 or 6 years I've drank 3 to 4 sodas per day, not including milk and sweet tea. (Yes, I'm from the south and our tea is like candy) a week ago today I stopped sodas entirely, cut back to about half of what I was smoking before. I have only had a few beers this entire time which I've gone with lighter beers instead of heavy craft beers
I stopped eating fast food, sugar and any fried foods entirely. My weight was at an all time high of 229 at 6' tall. I never really considered myself fat, but I had gone up two pants sizes and a shirt size over the past two years. I also started working out at my local gym 4x per week. I usually do mostly cardiovascular exercise since I am trying to lose fat. (I have a decent muscle mass from working out back in the day and decent genetics I guess) I stopped craving sodas and have replaced the caffeine addiction with drinking a cup of black coffee in the mornings and unsweetened tea, about a glass per day, and between 6 or 7 bottles of water every day.
I haven't weighed yet because I want to weigh every two weeks so that I don't obsess over my results. Does anyone else have any tips or advice that I can take to become healthier aside from the obvious quit smoking, quit drinking beer and exercise more? My goal weight is 195 which is what I was at when I used to work out on a regular basis and had a decent body.
Would there be a point to getting multivitamins and protein this early on or should I burn fat first then worry about building more muscle?
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