elliptical training or jogging?

You want to lose weight? Clean up your diet. Cardio means jack shit if your diet sucks. But you don't want to hear that. So do interval sprints up a hill. Twenty minutes per session, alternating between sprinting and jogging every minute and a half.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Leveless

Why jog? Do you think you're burning more calories because you break a sweat and pant a little? Eat broccoli. Raw. Put down your Lays and slice some cucumbers. Drop the Dr. Pepper and have some water. Have a salad. Hold the dressing. Make a sandwich. Hold the mayo. Eat meats and beans. Lay off the nuts. They're a double edged blade. Now you're ready to not only take a jog, but also notice results and have more energy to waste. Hell. Who cares what you do. Ride a bike. Walk on the ceiling. Spin a web. Anything to show those folds a little light of day.

This is not really good advice (well, some of it is okay). There's nothing wrong with fat. The fact that people fear fat and eat a lot of carbs instead is the reason everyone's fat. An olive oil dressing is full of good fats, as are nuts. Sandwiches are generally bad ideas.

A good strategy is to try to limit your carb intake to breakfast and after workout, and save fat for later in the day. Get rid of starches and breads. Drop all sugary drinks. Eat protein at every meal; protein has a much greater thermic effect than carbs and fats (i.e. it boosts your metabolism). Eat OFTEN (six meals a day, roughly). These are basic things, but there are so many misconceptions out there.

Originally Posted by Zip

Take a walk instead, for like a hour. Burns fat like nothing else. Walk swiftly but not jogging. And you work on your leg muscles at the same time, and you get some fresh air. we boxers do it to lose weight, trust me it works.

Come on, cardio is catabolic, plain and simple. You're lucky if you don't lose muscle. This is why short sessions of interval sprints are great. Look at any endurance athlete's legs--they're absolutely pathetic.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Leveless

Your approach is wonderful assuming that the dieter is ambitous enough to work out, but you may have missed a point. The plan is that this person is willing to jog for...10 minutes a day. There's a fair chance that they'll only jog 5 minutes, then turn around and jog halfway back and walk the last block or two. But let's just assume they do jog for 10 minutes. You have to start somewhere, right? Maybe they'll even gradually take up a routine that actually impacts their physique. In that case, certain fats can be considered good as well as certain eating habits. As of now, there is no contrast. You need to get fit to stay fit and you get fit by sweating, foremost. And there's a difference between being fit and not being fat. There's also a difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest.

I don't think you really understand the concept of dietary fat versus body fat. They're completely different. Your body will turn any macronutrient into fat for storage if it's in excess. Fat as a macronutrient is healthy, essential, and anabolic. You don't get fat by eating fat; you get fat by eating too much, too infrequently, at the wrong time.

Also, everyone has a basal metabolic rate. A 200 lb. man will burn 2000 calories by sitting on his ass all day. Yes, someone who takes in and expends 6000 calories a day will look a lot better than someone who takes in and expends 3000 (this is where exercise comes into play), but that's beyond the scope of this discussion. The point is that your body burns fat in response to a caloric deficit.

This is what I'm talking about--there are so many misconceptions out there. Stop reading "Women's Health and Fitness".

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