fat burning excercise

Hi there!

Am new and i would appreciate your help...

can someone advise me on the best fat burning excercise? I do a lot of powerwalking, cycling and rowing in the gym, but not sure if these are the best for loose weight on my hips, but and thighs.

Thank you

Keep up the good work...  you will notice the change in your clothes!  ;-)

High Intensity Interval Training - 30 minutes MAX / 4 times a week.  Google this for the specifics on what it entails.  Make sure your diet is high in protein and low in carbs (specifically towards the back half of your day).  You will see results.

Spencew,

thank you so much for your reply.... it is nice to have some sort of support and advise, specially when i have no clue of what am doing...

Being italian it will be hard giving up almost on pasta and bread ... but am determined to loose the weight on my legs....

Ciao

So, am not doing that bad then... I have only to learn how to control the food intake which is pretty bad at the moment...

Original Post by lara2006red:

So, am not doing that bad then... I have only to learn how to control the food intake which is pretty bad at the moment...

That is the hardest part. Specially with pastas and bread. I would recommend investing in food scales so you can see what a serving of pasta or bread REALLY look like.

UD

 Yup, exercise without diet will lead to greater fitness, but just about no relevant change in body composition. So any weight loss plan start with diet and then adds in exercise to help things along.

 HIIT wins over steady state if you don't have a lot of time to work out, but if you've got more than 30 minutes a day you can burn more total calories by sticking to steady state workouts.

 'course, when you're dieting strength training is not optional if you actually want results, so you start there and then add in as much cardio of whatever type and intensity as you've got the time and inclination to do.

by reading all these replies, make even more determined... I can train for up to 90 minutes per day, but weekends. What i found difficult is to understand food, check what is high in protein, carbs, sugar, fibre etc...and what is the right food before/after training ... another member suggest to keep carb intake low, and my protein intake high...it is perfect but difficult to do at the very beginning.

Hi there -

I concur with everything everyone else said.  I have been working out religiously since October, no less than 4x a week.  I tried (I use that word very loosely) to change my diet but wasn't commited to it, I was still eating tons of sugar and carbs.  I saw excellent results on the treadmill, but very little results on the scale.  A couple of weeks ago, I revamped my diet, no more refined flour, only whole grains and in limited amounts.  More protein, fruits and veggies and no more junk food (well, I still indulge in sugar free pudding w/cool whip and bananas).  In one week I lost 5lbs, I was shocked!!  Diet has everything to do with weight loss.  I was KILLING myself in the gym, and while I was super psyched with my endurance progress, my muffin top was proof that I was still doing something wrong!  hahaha.  I'm happy to report it's finally relieving me of it's presence. 

A change in diet is very tough at first, but the more you play with your food options, the easier it gets.  Good luck and keep us posted!