Is it really better to take breaks in between work outs?

Well summer started and I seem to have time every single morning to head to the gym. I have been seeing SOME results adding weights to my work out, but I'm starting to think I might see more if I took breaks every other day. I just have this mentality that more is better, but I think if I took breaks every other day I might lose weight/fat quicker.

Is this true? or is better to work out as much as possible?

I go to the gym every morning too. I'm under the impression that as long as you don't work the same muscle groups two days in around you can avoid overtraining.

this is what I do...

Monday 60 min cardio + upper body

Tuesday 20 min HIIT + core

Wednesday 10 min cardio warmup + lower body

Thursday 20 min HIIT + upper body

Friday off

Saturday 20 min HIIT + core

Sunday 60 min cardio (lower intensity intervals)

This routine works very well for me, just make sure that you are making the most of your workouts by increasing your weights every couple weeks and pushing yourself to the max during HIIT intervals. I've managed to lose 22lbs since Easter!

Sometimes better means more but more is not necesarily always better.  Better is better.

So which is better, as in, most effective? Working out as much as possible or working out every other day and giving yourself breaks?

If you want to work out daily then go for it.  If you are doing weights just don't work each muscle group everyday as has been suggested already.  One day do arms and back the next do legs and chest then go back to arms and back or whatever.  Or you could do cardio one day weights the next - do light cardio some days do a hard cardio on another.  I think the best thing is to keep your body guessing from day to day what you are going to do to it that day.  If you keep doing the same routines in the same order your body justs learns to go thru the movements and no longer "works" thru them.

Have fun

With weights never work the same muscle group two days in a row.  Also some studies say the more than three hours of weights a week becomes counter-productive.  HIIT and sub-AT Intervals like weights should also not be done on consecutive days.  Low to moderate intesity cardio can be done every day.

For weight loss you want to control your diet to have the maximum healthy deficit, lift weights to maintain muscle mass, and do cardio to maintain fitness and burn additional calories as needed.  There comes a point where more cardio means eating more food.  I like to eat food. :-)

 Don't forget beer. Sometimes, going on a multi-hour bike ride or mountain walk earns you a beer :)

I never forget the beer.  I ride for beer!

My boyfriend nags me to have rest days but I say I'm doing different things every day so I don't need to. Thing is I eat A LOT and if I have a rest day and don't work out at all I only burn around 1650 cals!

My schedule looks something like this when I'm in uni and have the gym there:
Mon-6mile run+body combat
Tue-Spinning
Wed-13.5mile run
Thu-Spinning
Fri-Spinning+body pump
(this week I could not work out weekend as moving house)

Or this at home w/o my gym:
Mon-9.6mile run
Tue-5mile run
Wed-8mile run and weights
Thu-Squash+spinning
Fri-4mile run+circuits
Sat-13.1mile run
Sun-Spinning,20mins boxercise,ab work
Mon-8mile run+circuits
Tue-Spinning+ab work
Wed-Squash+circuits
Thu-Hungover so just abs
Fri-Spinning+abs
Sat-Bought new road bike so pootling on that
Sun-Running+abs

Does this need actual rest days? The running is because I'm training for a marathon. I will be doing more cycling now I have my road bike as I'm taking up triathlon next year. The spinning at home is because I have a bike in the garage so its good for rainy days. The current lack of weights is due to painful wrists.

I would do a light workout day somewhere in there.  You had one day where just ab work ws done thats light.  I used to do my light days by walking for 5 miles on the weekends.  It doesn't get my heart rate up and its just a nice relaxing tme.