Burning Fat
 

best way to burn fat?

i hate running, and would much rather swim. but i hear swimming is NOT the best way to burn fat. What works for Dwellars?

BBQ.

These three things in tandem work FANTASTICALLY:
Not eating due to:
1). Anxiety.
2). Living in a house with a disgusting kitchen that had I cleaned it would have led to World War 3.
3).Not having any cash for anything other than the absolute necessities.

Mountain biking and fencing are working for me. It also seems like if you do your eating right after working out your metabolism stays high so you keep burning fuel/fat. Long periods of rigorous activity seem best so it has to be something you enjoy. Maybe you could get your heart rate up on the treadmill for 20-30 minutes and then hit the pool?

(and stress lots and lots of stress)

Stress is the truth and a diet of mostly just cigarettes and coffee. I dropped almost 20 pounds in one month doing that.

[High intensity] Interval training. This can be any cardio activity, swimming, jumping jacks, biking, even walking if the hill is steep/stairs are steep enough.

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Also, working out hungry will burn fat instead of the carbs you recently ate.

Jinx, I've been doing that for about a month now. The first 15 minutes I do a brisk walk while doing various arm exercises with weights. Then I alternate brisk walks and speed walks with jogs and sprints for a half hour (in one minute intervals each). Then I cool down by starting with a very fast speed walk and gradually moving to a slow walk for 15 minutes. I have lost one pound in all that time. Now I'm sure I've gained some muscle mass that accounts for that since I was pretty much a total sloth for the last 6 months, and my shape has changed a bit, but so far I haven't seen much reduction in my fat deposits (butt and thighs), which is all I'm trying to do at this point - I only weigh 110 lbs. I haven't changed my diet a lot because I have always eaten healthily and moderately. So, I'm kinda disappointed with the results. I will keep on keeping on, even though.

Have you had a target heart rate assessment done by someone who knows what they're doing, to determine your zones and how long you should be in them?
I did, but don't follow it. I was 111.2 yesterday, down from 118 about a month ago.

I don't know. My body seems like and hang onto its BMI rating of 25 no matter what.
damn thyroid

No Jinx, but I did figure it out by going on line. Not that it is useful to me - I suck at monitoring my heart rate while I exercise. I mostly just judge the intensity by my breathing. I have recently increased the speed of my jog/runs from 4 and 4.5 to 5 and 5.5 and sometimes 6, because I noticed my endurance improved. I'm pretty jealous of your 7lb weight loss! I'm figuring that being middle aged (48) and post menopausal is working against me.

p90X and a healthy diet

wtf

me and my speed typing. At least my fingers are skinny

I manage it through diet, combined with short, intense bursts of wrestling and brute strength. But the diet did more than the muscle usage, for sure.

This only works with the OMGWTFBBQ.

If you don't want to monitor your heart-rate, then I'd also recommend:

spin class or riding up hills (even undulating ones)
squash
walking up hills