First off, losing weight is not all about putting on muscle. You won't lose weight lifting weights, not at all. Also, someone said it nis all about calorie intake, thats not true at all.
If you eat late at night, you will gain more weight then people who do not. A study was done of one group of people, who ate 2,000 calories in the morning, then another group who ate 2,000 calories at night. Group one gained no weight, group two gained a ton. Why, because late at night you do not have enough time to metabolize and burn off the weight.
I have been an athlete all my life, and after 25 years, I can tell you, it is as much about when you eat as what.
I don't advocate going to bed hungry though, so if you need to eat before bed, make it protein, carbohydrates before bed stimulate insulin production, which stores what you eat as fat.
Trust me, I know of what I speak, I was nt born naturally skinny, but I am 5% body fat, and every muscle is distinclty visible. I simply walk about 10 to 12 hoursa a week, and have an hour to an hour and a half of sword work every other day.
However you sound like a real couch potato, and this amount of exercise takes years to reach. Walking may not sound like much, but a four mile ann hour pace will burn a good 80-90 calories a mile.
Also, if your trying to look svelt, forget it. Weight lifting will cause your fat to bulge out all the more. You need to eat less carbs late at night, and more good fats, like peanuts, and more protein. Your going about your weight loss all wrong, trust me on that, the health club doe's not get you healthy, and it's a big waste of time and money. Also, building all that muscle just makes you a slave to your body.
Keep it simple stupid, the kiss principle. Eat less at night, more good fats, and exercise, cause lifting weights is not considered exercise at all, and the weight will come off. You are a gooey mess, so don't expect quick results either, you sound like a dougball, and therefore your looking at years of work. makes sense, it took years for you to become the current chicken fried you, so of course it will take years to become a leaner meaner you.
Hope this has helped, leave the weights alone, calisthenics, walking, and some other form of good aerobic exercise, like walking, will solve what ails you.
Also fatty, it would be a good idea to get yourself a fat reading scale. It will tell you within half a percent either way how much of you is fat, how much is water, and how much is muscle. Cost you about 40 bucks, but well worth it. Don't listen to these other folks, weight lifting is not enarly as good as body weight exercises, look into calisthenics, they rule.
