update

It has been a long time since my last post, and I feel bad for not posting more frequently. These first few months have been full of ups and downs as far as workout schedule and weight fluctuations. I originally started out my diet/workout plan at around 239 lbs. I am now around 227 lbs. A little over 10 lbs in a month and a half is not too bad, however I feel that this progress is a little slower then expected. I have changed my diet significantly from what i was eating previously (over the Thanksgiving/Christmas break), however I have not taken the extreme route yet, which I am saving for later stages in this whole getting in shape plan.
My workouts have not been very consistent in frequency or intensity however I have discovered something for myself which may just be a rediscovery of what I thought I knew during high school. Although lots of reps might not be ideal when attempting to gain significant muscle mass, it does seem to make my workouts A lot more intense and does amp up my metabolism noticeably. I have done several workouts recently that consisted of around 5 different exercises that focused on major muscle group movements. I do 50 reps of each exercises not worrying about how i should divide them into sets, but rather with the intention of just getting to 50 whatever way i could.

An example of this would be starting out by trying to do 5 sets of 10 with a moderately high intensity weight. If it gets too hard at some point then you drop down to sets of 5, but you do more. So if you do 2 sets of 10 then decide to go down to 5 reps each set, you would now have 6 more sets of 5. I did this routine for back squats, half squats, overhead barbell press, overhead dumbbell press, and single arm rows.

I also recently added a boxing/taekwando cardio variation into my workout schedual. As of now I am very disorganized so I am trying to create a better structure while testing different things out. Also For people who are hard weight losers like myself. and are willing/have the means to be very strict with their diet, this link should be of interest to you.
http://www.t-nation.com/readPhysClin.do?id=1824537