Why is it so hard

[Alphawolf]

Originally posted by Extreme Nate
Ive been working out for almost 6 months now 3 days a week and sometimes I feel like Im getting nowhere |pissed| . Im not losing the weight I was hoping to but I know Im in the best shape Ive been in for years. Im a big guy always have been guess I just need to work harder at eat better.

Anyone else ever have to smae problem?

Define 'working out'.

As a big guy you have some benefit that when you initially started you potentially could have lost more fat and gained more muscle than most people.

This newbie miracle exists within the first couple months you start- only.

After that you must pick:

1) To lose body weight
2) To gain muscle

I'd pick to gain muscle for a few months which will also mean gaining some fat.

If you nail the nutrition just right you can minimize the amount of fat, but really it would be slow going that way.

Don't go by weight- go by how your clothes fits. Muscle is much more dense than fat. At the same weight (185) I've been both out of shape with a lot of fat and size 36 pants and 16 1/2 inch shirts and while lean I'm a 34 waist and 15.5 inch shirt size.

Same weight...different body composition.

Go here and read:

http://www.timinvermont.com/fitness/faq15.htm

And this may help as well:

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/

Though the above site is more for 'advanced' strength trainers it has some good basics too.

No matter how complex people can tend to make things it's still a matter of whether calories taken in exceed your calories spent.

Generally, a loss of more than 2lbs per week means you are also losing muscle.

Everyone's body and hormone levels are different though..it's one of those rules of thumb.