320lb to 190lb in just over a year, need advice about diet and a sports specific program

320lb to 190lb in just over a year, need advice about diet and a sports specific programm/19/5'11, In February 2015 I decided for a multitude of reasons(Health, Sports, Girls) that I wanted to lose weight. From February-October I was eating 1500 calories/day, playing sports with my friends, and working a manual labor job 20-25 hrs/week. I tried doing Strong Lifts at the beginning but I just couldn't stick to it. I never actually weighed myself during at all, so when I saw 206 on the scale in October when I finally decided to weigh myself I was ecstatic. Since then though I haven't really ate that well, wasn't working, and was playing less hockey. From October 2015-February 2016 I lost 3 pounds, I'm just glad I didn't gain any. On March 1st I Joined a gym again and have gone every other day since, currently I'm Doing Strong Lifts and just not taking a double rest day, my lifts right now are Squat- 160lb Bench-105lb Deadlift- 225lb Row- 115lb dumbbell OHP- 40lb dumbbells I'll also usually run at least 10 minutes at around a 9 minute mile pace, I play Ball Hockey a couple times a week so that's usually the bulk of my cardio As well I've started counting calories pretty strictly again. When I weighed 300lb I was eating 1500-1600 calories, so I figured currently I'd be OK on 1250-1350. so far a month in I've felt perfectly fine(great really). I try to get as much protein as I can and usually hit around 135-140 grams a day. In exactly a month I've lost 13lbs sticking to this very religiously(other then over Easter), However my lifts really haven't improved that much which I would suspect is due to the pretty dramatic cut in calories. My Squats and deadlift go up consistently, but bench and especially OHP I've barely made any progress on. So now that I've explained the back story, here's where my questions come in. 1) I have absolutely no interest in lifting the most amount of weight or hitting a PR every time i walk into the gym, in general Id just like to be a better hockey player and be attractive. Is there a different program I should be running entirely instead of strong lifts? I'd also like to be in the gym more. 2) what weight should I be cutting down to to be "normal"? I had 175/180 in mind and i'd reassess from there. I still have fat around my lower abs(I saw/felt one of my top abs the other day and it was glorious) and while I don't necessarily need a sculpted body I'd like an athletic/toned one. That's all I can think of right now and I have to go, I'll edit with pictures if you guys want and if I have anymore questions. Thanks for the help submitted by /u/daxor [link] [comments]

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