Also I have been weight lifting for 2 weeks now and I can see and feel a difference but I was told that short a time CAN NOT GAIN ANY MUSCLE so what if any would you think the difference is.

Thanks

Cardio IMO is better for increasing heart rate which cause calorie burn, just walking briskly will do much, honestly i've lost the bulk of my weight by walking every single day. Walking briskly and swinging ones arms will also increase core strength and tone arms. I honestly didn't do much for weights till a few months ago, although i lifted religiously for years when i was younger (15 years ago) I generated a lot of bulk then and it seems i didn't lose a ton over time, probably because i was eating more than needed and carrying around a crap ton of weight all the time.


OK, personally i ate around 2000 cals a day to start out, the weight will only come off so fast, if you push to hard you risk shutting down your metabolism, as a defence mechanism ( starvation mode ) , this is below what my BMR was at the time but i was so fat i could not exercise very much and instead made the bulk of my deficit by diet alone.

I suggest figuring out what your BMR is and creating a caloric defecit roughly between 1000 and 1500 cals a day, this will give you between 2 to 3 pounds a week loss ( one pound is 3500 cals roughly ) , it's hard to push the body further than this, trust me i know, you need to count every cal you take in and figure out as close as possible ever cal you are expending, you will need to tweak things as you progress and your bodies BMR changes and your metabolism fires up, nothing is written in stone though and everyone varies slightly.

As for exercise, well i pretty much addressed that as best as i could earlier, still you need to do something you are comfortable doing and can enjoy, not to mention lifting religiously is extremely hard on ones body, one of the reasons that walking is the back bone of my routine, i'm not a young kid anymore and walking is subjectively less stressful on the body over running or lifting, i do do quite a bit of biking now also but i would of crushed a bike early on, these are things i am capable of and somewhat enjoy.

As for gaining muscle after two weeks, i doubt it, maybe you lost fat and can see more definition through that, also your body is probably ramping up glycogen levels, your insulin levels are probably working hard to stabalize for the needed demands you are requesting of it as well as a beneficial weight drop (training it).

I suggest researching a lot of how the body works and nutrition requirements / different foods, all this ties in with a healthy lifestyle, not exercise alone or simply starving oneself, eat a ton of low cal foods like vegetables for fill, eat meat for protein and to save \ build fat burning muscle, eat fruit for immediate low GI carbs ( energy replenishment, workout strength ) Stay away from highly processed foods and calorie dence foods and high GI carbs ( heavily processed like pasta ) eat cleanly and fresh with a great variety, don't restrict so much that you snap and binge, indulge once in a while, make tradeoffs and treat yourself in moderation from time to time. Nothing is off limits to me except pop / chocolate bars and potatoe chips to be honest.

Sorry if i seem to be rambling, tryng to convey you need to overhaul your entire life and relationship with food and exercise, it's the only way that will stick and work forever.

You are not rambling I think you are teaching me alot.
It says I need a bit over 3200 calories a day. So that is why I did 1500.
I think I am having too much sodium though as I buy chicken burgers and that from M&M meats. I think I need to just buy the chicken breast plain and ground them and add to them myself.
It seems I eat the same thing every week but some weeks loose 4-5 pounds and this week lost 0.6 pounds.
Again I think it is the sodium keeping my water as I drink 4-5 liters daily and sometimes my sodium is well over 2000 a day.
I will work on cutting that down.
You also said you would crush a bike if you do not mind me asking how much did you weigh. I am at 345 right now down from 371.2 in 55 days.
I love the weights and not the cardio so much this is the only reason why I do weights more. I get bored just sitting on the bike in my basement but I love doing my medicine ball.
I did not really count calories yet as I did not want to have to measure and weigh my foods. Do you still do this. Is it not a hassle.

Any other tips would be greatly appreciated and what you have told me thus far is also greatly appreciated. I would rather do it right the first time.

Thanks

There is no need to do cardio if you'd rather be lifting weights. Just make sure that you're lifting heavy and getting your heart rate up while you work!

(I do agree with Resolute that you could be merrily losing on way more than 1500 calories. Honestly, I'd start with 2200 or something and see how you go. You're going to be at this for a long time--there's not much to be gained by starting out with such comparatively low calories.)

Re the weight lifting. There are many, many ways of doing strength training. You can do full body every other day. You could alternate upper and lower body. You could do a bunch of splits with lower, chest, back, core. You can do many reps in 2 or 3 sets or few reps in 3 or 4 sets. You can do long rests or short rests, supersets or just straight up sets. The possibilities are endless.

If you're happy with what you're doing, keep doing it for now. If you want to push a little harder, I say find a program to do. I personally love the New Rules of Lifting--both the 'man' version and the woman version. They are comprehensive plans that tell you exactly what to do every day. There are other programs but I haven't tried them yet.

But basically, don't worry so much about having a perfect plan and really put your energies into developing your form. Work on doing excellent deep squats, solid deadlifts, quality crunches and so on.

Thanks for the advice.