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Anonymous
Doing cardio in the morning -before breakfast- means that you bypass burning calories (As your body will have none) and go straight into burning fat molecules for energy. Your body burns calories while you sleep y'see, so in the mornings before you "break the fast", you'll be running on built up long-term energy.
I've heard nothing but bad things about combining weights and cardio, but I did it for 6 months and lost 7 stone. If you're trying to lose weight, however, you should be doing mainly aerobic weights work, such as kettlebell workouts. There's no such thing as "toning" brah.
And for a diet, that's shit. First, work out your BMR, maintenance, and then your calorie deficit. Plan a diet based on 6 small meals a day, fulfilling every nutrient need your body has. Make sure you've got a high intake of Essential Fatty Acids and a low intake of Saturated Fats; a high intake of Complex Carbohydrates, a low intake of Simple Carbohydrates; and enough protein and calories on the side. Try and cut salt out completely. No salt, ever. Foods like peanut butter and cottage cheese provide high quantities of EFAs and Protein. Skinned fresh chicken is pretty much pure protein, and egg whites have lots of good carbs and protein. Vegetables high in nutrients, like spinach, are a must for the energy you'll need to fuel your beast of a body.
Finally, the loose skin problem is a reality, but it's not a permenant dilemma. I've got quite a fair bit of lose skin. Once your BMI is down to Ideal, start building, and subsidise your workouts by keeping your diet stable and doing atleast 3 HIIT sessions a week. Your skin is an organ. It's not a blanket covering your body, but a structure of living organisms. Eventually, as you continue to build muscle and burn fat, it will mould around your physique, but don't expect it to happen quickly.
Hope that helped. Now gtfo /fit/ and hit the gym fatty.
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