At a loss. Help!

kkova811

I stalled using just cardio to lose weight and ended up around 175-180. I decided to incorporate some weight lifting to put on lean muscle. Only, instead of losing weight, I began to put on more. I want some tips to use weight lifting to slim down and have a lean body, not larger.

Ive been doing weights on different days, pretty much an upper body, lower body, and abs rotation. (with some stretching exercises on abs days)
- Ive been doing like 20-25 min of cardio everyday. (Speed and incline are about 4.2mph and max incline).
-Ive been trying to keep net calories around 1500-1600 per day.
- Ive been trying to eat between 125-150g of protein a day, whole grains, fruits, light cheeses, and drink lots of water.

After all this, I've been putting on weight! Any help of what I can do specifically to slim down yet put on muscle and get toned? Thanks guys.

ronboy1979

Try upping your calories!!! I do 1800 now up from 1200-1500,
When I switched I lost 2 then loss 6 then stayed steady for 2 weeks.
I'm 5'5 currently at 164 not sure how tall you are but we are similar weight
Stay focused take the bad.... But kill it with good stuff!!!
Good luck