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Anonymous
If you're just trying to lose weight, it's ok if you just work out the same muscles. Working out your whole body with light weights is how you tone (toning does not mean losing weight). Losing weight is just working hard so your body has to start burning the calories that you store, literally causing you to lose weight.
Also, running, and especially swimming, are great for toning, if you're working hard at them, and not just off for a nice swim at the beach or something. I like running when you're trying to lose weight, because you feel when you hit your pace. What that is, is when your body switches from using carbs to using fat for energy. You'll still be sore from the workout, but you can feel it literally get easier to run, and sometimes it feels like you've caught your breath. You can get your body to star using fat for energy with weights, but if your muscles are already worn out, it's harder to tell that you've done so, and that you should keep working out. However, the fact that you're doing cardio with weights will probably solve that problem.
As for your theory with the increased metabolism via muscles, that's what I did when I started working out. I can't tell if that worked though, because it was in high school and I joined wrestling shortly afterwards, and that's when I lost my weight. However, when I eat like total shit over the weekends now, I don't gain a whole lot of weight, so I'm assuming, then, that it does make a big difference. Good luck to you, and keep at it OP.
Also, I'm recommending this in like every thread, so why not:
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