I am 24 years old and weigh about 6'3 300 lbs. I've always had a muscular "frame" but i got really lazy over the past couple years and put on about 50 lbs. I've gotten really fat in the waist, hips, chest and face.  My question is should i concentrate more on intense cardio to drop the 50 lbs i put on and put less empahsis on weights or should I incorporate weight training with my cardio.  I went out and bought some muscle milk but after reading that it might not be good for cutting i stop taking it. (wasted 60 bucks!!).  I don't have the desire to get "bigger" but i don't want to lose strength either.  Should i be taking another kind of protein and if so, how should i take it?  Any advice would be really helpful.  thanks. 

im in a situation similar to yours, although not to the extreme. over the past week and a half i managed to lose 10lbs and keep all my muscle mass. Now, im not a professional and i dont know if my method is correct, but i'll tell you what ive been doing (and anyone feel free to correct me if im wrong). First off, i take a low carb protein isolate supplement (says ISO on the jug) and have a high protein, low carb, low cal, diet. I basically read nutritional facts on food. i cut bread, pasta, and any other startches out of my diet. every morning i take a multi-vitamin, flax seed oil, and an omega 3 and 6 supplement (just to make sure i still get all that good stuff) i eat roughly 4-5 small meals a day and try to take in at least 200 g of protein every day. i make sure i eat less carbs than my body would naturally burn in a day and i do about 45 mins on an eliptical (sp?) machine every day. I also weight train approx 5 times a week. Like i said, not sure if im doing it right, but it seems to be working for me.

hey toocold, it looks like u gotta pretty solid diet going for you n u know what ur talking about. now how bout some quality supplements to take your training to the next level???
 
just that and your good to go!

At your weight just switching to a "clean diet" (ie very little processed foods etc) you should see results in no time. Cardio will help, but compared to changing your diet it does very little.

which supplements would you recommend? ive been thinking a lot about it and cant think of any i'd like to take (other than protein and vitamins that is) but i would like to take something if it will help me get cut (only about 15-20 more lbs of fat to go! woo hoo!)