Losing Fat--Frustrated

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I understand that losing fat and building muscle simultaneously don't go

together.

Keeping that in mind, and knowing that I must first lose a bunch of fat, how do

you

go about that, especially in terms of what you eat?

I'm really frustrated because I've done BFL quite religiously for months at a

time, and

I'm obviously getting hard muscles, but the fat doesn't go. I know you can't go

too

low in calories, it seems that you can over-do it on the exercise end, but I'm

left with

frustration because I don't know where to go with this. I eventually lose

steam

because nothing much happens.

I'm 5'8 " and currently weigh around 160. Years ago I was mostly around 130 to

135,

and that was a good weight for me, not too thin at all. Since my son was born

(17

years ago, I'm ashamed to say), I've not gotten back below 150 to 160, which is

too

heavy for me. I've got a Tanita body fat scales (which I have my doubts

about), and it

keeps registering me at about 35% body fat, which I frankly find hard to

believe. I've

measured with calipers, but can't seem to get consistent results with that.

Maybe I'm

one of those " skinny Fat " people....not that I'm skinny, but according to that

35% level

I guess maybe that's true with me. Being tall, I guess I carry fat a bit better

than a

shorter person would.

I tried Atkins a year ago, and actually lost more weight (and some fat, too)

with about

5 weeks of that than I've lost with anything else. However, I don't like to eat

that way

and am reluctant to do it again, especially since I need more energy to do the

intensive exercise of BFL. I do think my biggest challenge is the nutrition

side of

things, but what to do about it?