Quoting Clutch
Workout link
The workout we are doing is the 3rd place one by the user "BigNorwegian"
Ryder, the mix I use I got from GNC, it's called Serious Mass, it's made by the company ON. It is $31.99 for a 6lb container, but I get a discount becuase my best friends sister is the store manager
tmh: I'm 5'11"
Do you think it would be best for me to get just a protein mix to and drink a shake in the morning besides the serious mass stuff?
You need to add casein to the mix dude. Seriously, you'll gain about 50% more muscle with it over whey alone. Yes, drink a shake in the morning also. I'm coming up on halfway through a bulking cycle myself and I drink at least two a day. In addition to other protein sources from the food I eat.
Quoting RyderOCZ
Ok.... so this leads to more questions.
1) Until I start to see some "slimming" on my own, should I even worry about a protein shake?
Slimming? What are you trying to do at the moment?
2) In regards to working hard enough. I am interested in burning fat/slimming, if I understand correctly, working too hard will not burn fat (lack of oxygen necessary to burn the fat) is that a true statement?
False statement. Anaerobic excercise burns more fat and produces a larger metabolism boost than aerobic. The classic examples are jogging and running intervals. You could jog for 90 minutes a day but you're only going to burn so much fat with a steady jog and studies have shown the fat burning halts almost as soon as you stop jogging. Intervals on the other hand are more intense, take less time out of your day, and produce hours of fat burning metabolism boost afterwards.
3) If the above is true, a simple test to determine how hard you were working, went like this: "If you can't carry on a conversation, without pausing to breath during the current activity, then you are working to hard." Is that a fair "test" to make sure I am not overdoing it? This would apply mainly to my cardio/treadmill portion of my workout obviously.
If you want to slim down I'd combine a carbohydrate cycling diet with lots of intervals. Try the interval routine I did in college. Sprint - Read that as Run as hard as you possibly can - for 45 seconds. Then jog for 60 seconds at a much slower pace. Thats one interval. If you can do 8 of them in a row without stopping to rest you're in fairly decent shape I promise you.
4) There are some contradiction's in a couple statements here. 1 says there is a limit to Protein, 2 more say there isn't one. Sources? Reason? Is there a right/wrong or are both valid?
There's no limit to protein. Eat as much of it as you want. Shoot for at least 1 to 1.5 grams per pound of bodyweight per day. Surplus protein is more likely to be used to produce new muscle than fat. Protein takes a more complex set of steps to be broken down and used for energy or storage. It also doesn't spike your insulin levels in your bloodstream like carbohydrates do.
5)
Thrax's calorie intake seems waaay higher than what I have been trying to maintain. Remember I sit in this chair 8 hours a day+ to achieve my work. I need to find a calorie intake that will allow me to get benefit from the workout without negating its affects when I am "just sitting around"
Slimming down was definitely much easier when I was in a job with more activity.
Ok...that's it for now

The more you eat and the more frequently the more revved you keep your metabolism which is key if you want to burn off fat. Thrax is also spot on with protein intake and exercise while cutting down. If you drop your protein intake while you cut or you don't continue to exercise your body will sacrifice muscle mass ahead of fat. Its that constant surplus of protein in your bloodstream and the consistent use of the muscle you have that pushes fat up ahead of the line with weight reduction. There are serveral ways to cut down he's giving you a simple rule of thumb to follow without getting overly complex with it.
Quoting airbornflght
Ok. I weigh 148 (finally) I'm around 5'11" and fairly skinny everywhere except my stomach and ass. wtf. I can't make it disappear. I don't even care about the butt as much as I'd like to have a flat stomach, even if I didn't have a six pack..just flat. Can anyone advise?
Thrax already answered you and he's right. You can't spot reduce, you have to drop your overall bodyfat percentage to see any improvement anywhere on your body. Me personally I've found that its DRAMATICALLY easier to trim down after you bulk up because you have extra muscle to support the calorie expenditure needed to trim down. You can only slice your diet down in so many ways before your body adapts to it and your progress plateaus out. Anybody wanting to trim down needs to spend about 4 months in the gym bulking up first in my opinion.