[Edit - Rude Comment] the best way to lose fat is to combine diet and exercise. exercise will maximize the body's ability to burn fat, among other things. i don't even recommend HIIT as a primary way to burn fat. HIIT will increase your VO2 max, but then you'd have to decrease your target heart rate to about 65% to increase fat burn.

do you even know what aerobic and anaerobic energy means? fat is one source of energy. it has 9 calories per gram. it is an aerobic energy source (just like certain blood glucose), meaning it cannot be used unless oxygen is present. to speed up this process, you need to do something aerobically. why do you think you breathe hard during exercise? the mitochondria in your muscle cells are screaming for oxygen to keep up with the energy demands of the muscles.

well what's the difference between the two statements in bold? lol

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Why dont you recommend HIIT? Because it elevates metabolism for up to two days after the session and can be done in less than 15 minutes? Weight loss is about burning more calories than you take in, so why are you saying "lets burn fat?"

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Oops Im sorry, I shouldve have read this.

What are we in 3rd grade?

Please don't debate fact.

Im curious to know which fact you're referring to?

You're still comparing paper to paper though. Same thing, different shape. The difference is more like the difference between wood and gold. If you take about a 14"x14"x14" cube of wood, I don't know exactly what it would weight but I could easily pick it up. However, take that same size cube worth of gold, and since gold is much more dense, that same exact size is going to weigh about a ton - 2,000 pounds.

Same thing with fat vs. muscle. People always say that muscle weighs more than fat because you have to take into account your size and stop focusing on weight alone. A fit muscular person could easily weigh even more than an unfit person who has very little muscle, quite a bit of fat, and may even be bigger. It's all about density.

okayy so isnt everyone here meant to be trying to give emily advice on her post?? not arguing, people have different theories and ideas and thats okay.i mean i thought that muscle weighs more than fat but what do i no?

emily marie i had exactly the same problem. i too am 17 and i'm 5 ft 4 weighing 128lbs. i wanted to lose around 10lbs and i wasnt losing anything to begin with and didnt no why. I also did the same sort of exercises as you: squats, sit ups, crunches, kick back etc. these exercises are good but there all toning exercises that build up muscle (girly muscle not like big beasty man muscle! )

It wasnt until i started introducing cardio into my routine that i started losing weight. i no people say cardio doesnt burn fat or whatever but i lost fat from my thighs which i was happy with.

Weight loss is a long process and i only lost about a pound a week which was a bit disheartening considering i was doing exercie nearly everyday! I've since put back on a bit of the weight as my weight loss plateaued (i cant spell btw) and cos ive gotten a little lazy.

Now im hoping to lose the wight and keep it off without being disheartened. if your a scale checker like me then don't think what your doing isnt working and completely stop, it sometimes takes a few weeks (some say even 2 months!) before you start losing weight. I wish that someone had told me this before cos ive been trying to lose weight for years and thought that it would just fall off in a matter of weeks but its a process that takes time.
sorry for the huge essay and i hope some of this helps! good luck

You do realise that the last post in this thread was 2 1/2 years ago and probably none of the people involved is still on this board?

i did actually yeah but u never no

Since EmilyMarie hasnt posted anything on this forum since Feb 2007 it isnt really likely that she still visits.

Interesting discussion . . . even if 1 pound of muscle weighs the same as 1 pound of fat (meaning the scale reads the same), the 1 pound of muscle that replacs the 1 pound of fat after working out for awhile, would make you look smaller/better. Wouldn't it? i.e. you weigh the same, but have turned a lot of your fat into muscle!

the routine is awesome actually.

You can try this out: whatever you do, do it earlier in the day and at a really high speed.

And combine it with a ketogenic diet for a month, revert to me with results.

And yes, add an HIIT (google it) session after the workout.

Hi, Jaquelen here. I used to be health care student so I know much about this. Well, training hard isn't always the key to loss weight. There's people out there who trains really hard but not getting results.

Imagine a triangle. On one side it's written eat, on the other exercise and the third side sleep. What I mean is it's really important to eat regularly. Don't skip the meet, it's good if you want to be in shape, cause of the proteins. Don't miss one dish and eat an apple or something between the dishes if you can. If you haven't tried then try to run, that's really good exercise. And the sleeping part is really, really important. I know that you've heard it before, but that's the truth. In your sleep your body reduces fat. Well if you want to know more and if you want some advice mail me.