nomowork
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JMichael said:Lifting weights will build and tone muscle tissue, and make you look more physically fit, but it's not the main thing to be concerned with when it comes to losing weight. Reducing your daily calorie intake to the proper level for your particular body and increasing your metabolism with a sustained cardiovascular workout of some sort (swimming, jogging, etc), are the 2 main things that will cause you to lose weight. Any exercise that gets your heart rate elevated and keeps it there for 30 minutes to an hour per day will do the trick. Changing your eating habits to 4-5 small meals per day instead of 1-3 big meals will also help.
There was a recent study that indicated that doing weight training helps more than the typical cardiovascular training such as running to lose weight. I did weight training during my working years to help me in my job and was able to maintain my weight and strength, even though I ate like a pig which usually included all the wrong kinds of foods. :shock:
My son on the other hand, eats about four to five small meals a day. He tries to eat the "right" kinds of foods and does occasionally eat the "wrong" kinds of foods which he calls his cheat days.
You're correct in that raising the increasing the heart rate during exercise is good and my son got that through weight training.
Now that I'm retired, I'm maintaining a weight that is about 20 pounds lower than my working weight, but doesn't muscle weigh more than fat? I'm in fairly good shape and have the usual old age issues but am still able to go boating and fishing which is what counts!