Originally Posted by Phaseman

80% of weight loss is diet 20% is exercise, too many people when trying to loose weight over train from the beginning, they have a goal which is great but the body can only handle so much, in most cases people who are overweight are also inactive so take it slow at the start, recommended 3 exercise session per week, weight training is the best...why? Simple really here is a fact ?Muscle eats fat" never loose sight of this fact.

Many people who join a gym will use the treadmill the most, simply because they know how to use it press start and away you go, let?s say you can perform cardio for 45 minutes at the most you will burn is 400 - 600 calories if you're good when you stop so does the calorie burn.

Lets take a look at muscle, weight training causes the muscle to overload in turn muscle with proper rest and nutrition will grow stronger, we call this Muscular hypertrophy, so what you say? Glad you asked remember the fact ?Muscle eats fat" when finished with training you take your muscles home unlike the treadmill.

Do I avoid the treadmill? No.......After weight training when you have depleted your energy (glucose) which we call anaerobic, running which is called aerobics using continues oxygen will in fact cause the body to convert fat back into an usable energy source.

Hankphone, Diet is key, eating smaller meals throughout the day is the best way, Protein (Greek word for first importance) must be in every meal, Breakfast simply means breaking your fast so make sure you eat first thing upon wakening and again it MUST contain protein no ifs or buts.

Protein does not last in your body the whole day it has a limit depending on what type of protein most last between 3-4 hours, what happens after, your body will cannibalize other muscle, we call this being in a catabolic state destroying one muscle to support another, now were back to the that simple fact "muscle eats fat" so don't let this happen.

We work 8hrs, sleep 8 hrs and play 8hrs, so we are up 16 hrs, if protein , which builds muscle is used within 3-4 hours we should then divide that into the hours we are awake which will be roughly 5 so that means you should eat 5 small meals throughout the day.

If you are interested to know more or even a simple menu plan let me know and I will add to this post otherwise I might be putting people to sleep.