i'm kinda lost.

[SoJeane]

Alrighty first post, have been trying to find a good fitness forums ect. to track my progress and i think this may be the best one for me. i first started trying to get fit right after thanksgiving of last year. i started with doing the P90 while taking multivitamins. i was a little over 2 weeks into the program and hit a wall of extreme muscle cramps so i took a 3 day break and then started back into it and it wasn't 3 days later and i was in pain again. I tried drinking pickle juice, taking Potassium and none of it seemed to help.

My younger brother had been doing these workouts with me and we were keeping each other motivated but by christmas he had given up, and with me lacking a partner(or motivation) i quit soon after. As of right now i havent worked out in about 2 weeks, my wife and i had been doing the Biggest Loser Cardio workout one day, p90 weight workout the next, then another cardio, and then a rest day. and that seemed to be working great, until i hurt my knee (existing injury, broke it in 3 places several years ago) doing jumping squats? (unsure of the correct term)

and now i my knee isn't hurting anymore and i am ready to get back in the rhythm again.

I am needing to lost a little over 60lbs i think my diet is OK but here it is:
On work days:
5:30 Am- Bowl of raisin bran and a cup of coffee
9:00Am- Granola bar and a bottle of water
11:30 Lunch Normally a pack of Crackers/cheese spread and a small bag of chips and a bottle of water
3:00pm granola bar and a bottle of water
and inbetween 5:30-6 i eat supper most of the time chickenbreast with broccoli and cheese or some variation

is my workout schedule acceptable?
Cardio>weights>Cardio> rest>weights>cardio>weights>rest? as i said above i tried doing the p90 schedule and having only 1 rest day a week felt like it was going to kill me lol

as far as my weight workouts have gone i do the P90 powersculpt with the resistance bands.

Supplements:
Only Whey Protein Shake mix
i would like to have some input on some kind of recovery supplements to help with cramps ect.

vitamins i am taking:
just a general multivitamin and Super B complex

again my goal is to lose a little over 60 more pounds and tone and maybe when i reach that goal to strength train.
My apologies for the super long post but thanks for any input/pointers

[Boss Man]

5:30 Am- Bowl of raisin bran and a cup of coffee

(Add more protein to this meal, like Eggs, Ham, turkey, Chicken etc)

9:00Am- Granola bar and a bottle of water

(Same thing here with the protein)

11:30 Lunch Normally a pack of Crackers/cheese spread and a small bag of chips and a bottle of water

(Fine)

3:00pm granola bar and a bottle of water

(More protein needed here)

and inbetween 5:30-6 i eat supper most of the time chickenbreast with broccoli and cheese or some variation

(Fine)

is my workout schedule acceptable?
Cardio>weights>Cardio> rest>weights>cardio>weights>rest? as i said above i tried doing the p90 schedule and having only 1 rest day a week felt like it was going to kill me lol

(You've got an 8 day schedule there, which will work, but if you did this sort of thing; Weights, Cardio, Weights, Rest, Weights, Cardio, Rest, you'll keep the same days each week for the same things giving you a more definitive structure.

You will be losing a day of cvardio if you do this, but it won't make a huge difference anyway.)

Supplements:
Only Whey Protein Shake mix
i would like to have some input on some kind of recovery supplements to help with cramps ect.

vitamins i am taking:
just a general multivitamin and Super B complex

(Cramps could be salt related, so I'd look into that rather than just jacking up the supplement intake.)

[Athene]

Thank goodness your knee is feeling better. Make sure you keep it strong by not overdoing things like running, and do basic air squats without weight to strengthen your quads (which strengthens you knee joint and helps keep it healthy). Here's a good video to help you practice a healthy and safe squat http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/Cros ... Squats.mov

Your meal frequency looks good, but ideally you would have protein with every meal, like Boss suggests.

Tip for cramping: Muscle cramping is almost always related to dehydration. Drink more water, and eat fewer processed carbs (bread, pasta, granola bars) and more unprocessed carbs (fruit and vegetables, they also contain a lot of water so it's two-birds-with-one-stone)

[SoJeane]

thanks so much for the replies and tips, very much taken to heart. im really knew to the fitness world and have no idea of the names of most of the exercises are named, and just follow the 2 workout videos i got. guess i will have to work on that lol can yall recommend a book with detailed workouts or something that i could look at to just see which exercises work which muscles and build my own workout(not sure if i am explaining myself right)? i noticed with the p90 cardio video and the biggest loser cardio video, all of the exercises were nearly identical except the p90 took more emphasis on power yoga/cooldowns.

I didnt realize how many granola bars i have been eating decided to make my own trail mix of sorts Dried bananas, raisins, dried mangos and almonds

and btw boss, i love that schedule alot more than my current, i have alot more fun with the weight training than i do the cardio but my wife is exact opposite maybe we can compromise with that schedule one week, and then flip it for the next week.