Where am i going wrong?

[horseshaq]

I am 32, male, 160kg, 184cm.
In May 2015 I started going to the gym after 7yrs of health neglect and becoming obese. I was determined to turn things around (also changing my diet). My trainers gave me increasingly harder programs of heavy weights and didnt care about aerobic exercise although i would do some on the side to help. I am going to the gym for 2-3hrs per day, 5-6 days per week. By December I had lost 20kg and was happy i was heading in the right direction. Dec-May my trainers got even tougher on the weights and suddenly I put all the 20kgs back on but i dont believe it was all muscle. That would sound like too much. My goal isnt to be super-muscular, its fat loss, and after a year, and being the same weight I started at, I have resorted to my own program. For the last 5 weeks I have been hitting the treadmill burning 1200-1400 cal per day. Every 2-3 days I do some weights to maintain muscle.
The thing is Im burning all these calories and eating reasonably well (intake of about 2000-2500cal) and losing nothing.
Ive had a general checkup and blood test with nothing serious found.
Im at a loss of what im doing wrong. So are my trainers.
Thoughts please. Thanks.

 

[Marawan Amer]

Hi there,

Ok, so the most likely problem is that you are not very accurate when counting your calories.

I know that if I personally am not very precise with tracking my food intake, I tend to eat more than I should.

Second issue: It´s too much cardio if you are aiming to lose fat. If you are an athlete trying to increase your endurance, then that's something different. But this amount of cardio is completely unnecessary!

Working out 2-3 times per week to maintain muscle is a good thing and I don´t think there is something wrong there.

 

[GCW]

Question:

What would happen if you just STOPPED doing what you're doing...

Chilled out.

Grabbed a Kettle bell.

And swung it 50 times twice a week say Tuesdays & Thursday mornings before breakfast.

And.

Walked for 20mins on a Saturday before breakfast.

Watched your calorie intake. used My Fitness Pal.

What would happen?

Just a thought about keeping it simple.

P.S. You wouldn't be able to swing a 20kg kettle bell for more than say 15-20 swings without putting in down in one session, the target is 50 total...