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congratulations on your results. i spend time in the gym, about 4-6 times a week, for the past 10 years. I'm 230lbs hard, 6-0, 35 years old and in pretty decent shape (and never taken any steroids). I get a lot of "do you compete?" and some guys who compete tell me i should compete. So i can probably give a couple tips.
Start working out. diet alone isnt going to help, but it's good that you've gotten that far with dieting. Start eating again, PR Glen had good advice. You should be at least 1600-2000 calories a day. Don't count calories, just remember to eat a fist size piece of meat, vegetables, and non-processed foods. eat clean.
I recommend a protein shake after your workout to feed your muscles.
Then start doing at least 40 minutes of cardio a day, you dont start losing fat until you hit 40 minutes. And then start doing resistance training. When you start building muscle, you'll start burning fat in your sleep.
And as for trainers, they are all the same. They try and juice you of all your money. They dont want you to make gains, and they make you do absurd exercises which they don't even do. It's similar to those commercials of ab machines, or workout apparatus and they have very fit models using them, duh, those models look good prior to using those machines. At my gym in Toronto (and i've been to all types of gyms), trainers are all the same. They either dont look like they are trainers or are juice-head steroid dealers. Your workout should be fun and not boring or a chore, something you can do for the rest of your life. Try making friends with someone you'd like to look like. You'll be surprised how much free good advice you'll get. You may even start working out with them.
hope that helps
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