Originally Posted by
fizzbob
losing weight and building muscle are 2 separate things. most of what you do to build muscle is anaerobic and if you build muscle under fat, you look fatter than you did
need to pick one and stick to it. if it was easy everyone would do it, make it easy on yourself and just focus on losing weight right now, it's harder than building muscle anyway
what you can do to facilitate both is to learn as much as you can about proper diet. what to eat, what not to eat, why, etc
building muscle is about gaining weight and losing weight, well, isn't. average person will NEVER do both at the same time, they'll just end up fatter and depressed