Yep, like Firefly said if you want to put on muscle, sure you will definitely shed fat, but since muscle weighs more than fat, you won't lose weight. The best you can do is shed the fat and build a little/tone your muscles.
I would highly recommend doing some research before you start a workout...there are a lot of little things to know such as spacing your workout, working on certain muscle groups at a time, how many sets and how many reps per set you should do, and much more. Secondly, although there are a lot of people out there who can give you great advice and tell you how fantastic their workout is for them...everyone is different so once again, do some research! Its important.
Link - Menshealth.com has a lot of information which might cover everything you need to know in that site if you look hard enough and depending on what you are looking for.
A few tips that I can think of off the top of my head are:
1) Cardio is important. Do some research to find out whether or not you should do it before or after your workout. Personally I do it before, but that's just me and you might be different.
2) Warm up with light weights before you lift heavier weights.
3) Don't go too far too fast. Experiment at first if you're new to working out, learn your limits. And if this is your first time working out then expect to be very sore for a while until your muscles heal and get used to this, but don't worry, if you keep it up you won't be sore anymore...well...usually...
So yeah...feel free to PM me if you have anymore questions.
As for the protein supplements as suggested by planbskater...I personally stay away from those and go for natural sources of protein. Meat being your primary source but you can also snack on things such as yogurt and peanut butter which are high in protein.
[Edited by moderator Darkish, 10/1/2010 10:49:49 PM]
Some sound advice here, also sign up for www.bodybuilding.com, great forum with lots of friendly people who can give you all the help you want.
Easy answer is you don't do both.
Losing weight AND bulking up is impossible, muscle mass is denser then fat and muscle weighs more.
If you're serious about bulking up, PUT WEIGHT on which you THEN turn into muscle (used to be a female bodybuilder) with a fairly high calory diet but make sure your fats/saturates arent too high.
An excellent way of getting to a target weight is set up a DailyBurn account (google them, they have an iphone app for scanning food barcodes)
So yeah, first bulk up, by putting on body mass (i.e. fatty tissue) then work out and tone that fat into muscle. Being super skinny and building muscle from nothing is a rediculously hard task, it's a common myth that bulking up makes you lose weight, in actual fact you weigh more but you get thinner because it all gets toned and condensed.
Hope this helps you hun.
Well Basically I did mean lose body fat. Since yea I would be gaining weight.