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Weight training will make muscles stronger and help you burn calories while doing nothing. However, it will only work with a diet and intense cardio. Otherwise your strong muscles will only push fat out further... hense not getting those washboard abs after doing 15 million crunches and no cardio.
See if you can find your target heart rate with a trainer at the gym if available. That will be the training heart rate to use when doing cardio... otherwise you will just be burning sugar rather than fat.
I second doing the cardio 4 times a week. Most people only need about 30 minutes on that... just up the intensity. Or try circuit training.
My goal is to lose my tummy before my trip to Hawaii at the end of June. While I have been working out since January and the tummy is still kinda there... I have more energy, I eat less, and I have lost weight in other places.
Carbs are good! They give you energy. Just cut out the simple sugar crap. Fruit never hurt anyone.
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