I’ve recently been trying to get into shape by heading to the gym and doing around an hour’s cardio and then 30-45 minutes of weights, however I have just stumbled onto Scott’s YouTube channel and I have watched a couple of his videos and now I’m not sure what I should be doing there now.
Two videos in particular have made me reconsider what I should be doing in the gym which are "why are you skinny fat" video and the "building your meal plan" video. I have found out my body type is skinny fat and I knew I was a slight bit over weight so I have been limiting myself to eating 1500 calories a day and burning around 500 calories during my cardio session, however these videos have said if I want to get out of the skinny fat body type I should be in a calorie surplus and that I should be eating 200 grams of protein per day if I followed the meal plan macros correctly.
So, the questions I have are should a beginner be eating 200 grams of protein a day and if I should be how do I even eat that much?
Also, should I cut the cardio out of my workout so that I save more calories for putting on weight?
Ps. I’m sorry if I have posted this in the wrong location on the forums I couldn’t find a beginners sub