i start my diet, and going to the gym monday after i work everyday except weekends. im a big guy weigh around 290ish im not all the strong upper body wise but lower is my more dominate strength wise. i would love to change this. i wanna lose weight and gain muscle at the same time. ive heard stick to cardio only and maybe do some weights. but also heard do weights alot. i dont know which one to do. :/ i would love to do strength training cuz from what ive heard from one guy i work with ( he does strength training) he said strength training is the way to go cuz you build muscle and lose fat. what im trying to say is i need help making a routine. and what weight to start at and how many reps. and i know i will have to do some cardio so i cna maybe slim down a little bit faster.