You should really do 30 minutes of cardio every day if you want to lose weight. You don't have to do intense training starting out. If your feeling fatigued just go for a 30 or 40 minute walk. It will help keep your metabolism up. Or just do work around the house/yard/garage. The biggest problem with most people is we spend too much time sitting on our ***.
Resistance training is always good, but the idea of muscle burning calories while at rest is a little over sold. If you read the studies on it, you have to put on quite a bit of muscle to significantly increase your base metabolic rate. For pure weight loss, cardio and diet are the keys. Really, diet is most of it. If your not tracking calories daily, you should be. You quickly realize that 30 minutes of cardio equals a piece of pizza or a couple of cookies. It will make you think twice about anything you eat.
Resistance training is always good, but the idea of muscle burning calories while at rest is a little over sold. If you read the studies on it, you have to put on quite a bit of muscle to significantly increase your base metabolic rate. For pure weight loss, cardio and diet are the keys. Really, diet is most of it. If your not tracking calories daily, you should be. You quickly realize that 30 minutes of cardio equals a piece of pizza or a couple of cookies. It will make you think twice about anything you eat.
