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Originally Posted by Eric3237
The weight work, should, over time help effect a very nice change in body composition. But I think that diet really is the most important thing as far as getting the fat off the belly. The thing about relying on cardio exercise for fat loss is that it is kind of like the yo-you dieting you are trying to avoid (rightly).
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I've done it both ways... 2 hours of cardio a day with more food, less calorie tracking.. and minimal cardio with strict dieting. And between the two, I've had the best success and more rapid fat loss with the less cardio approach.
Cardio should be a supplemental aspect of fat loss, not a primary aspect. Especially if you're doing steady state cardio. The body adapts to that pretty easily and you'll have to keep increasing time and/or intensity to get the same effect.
And as it's been stated already, resistance training will do more for metabolic boosts than just the endless hours of cardio.
IMO, your dietician isn't doing anything for you in terms of what a true dietician does (please don't take that the wrong way). A dietician should be writing your nutritional programs for you, in specifics, not prescribing cardio sessions and just telling you to eat a lot.