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I would like to suggest that at least one day out of the week, when you do cardio, try HIIT. If you do treadmill for 2 hours at a steady pace for too long, your body will become accustomed to it and be more efficient in doing the work and therefore you won't burn as much fat as previously done. Just $.02.

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Your thoughts are appreciated. The flip-side to this is that the low-intensity training will also cut down your cortisol levels and put you in an ideal position to lose fat. Cortisol is caused by stress, including the stress of HIIT, so that may actually end up being a detrmient to losing those last few pounds.

I'll certainly keep close track of my numbers and make changes if my body does indeed become accustomed to this plan.

your Cortisol levels will not be that high to where your muscles are just going to eat themselves up. As long as you don't do cardio on a completely empty stomach, doing HIIT will not cause massive muscle catabolism. Just make sure you have some sort of post workout meal after you do cardio.

What is your workout routine? By that, I mean weight training.

Ah, great question and yet another thing missing from my original post. Right now I'm doing a 5x5 plan with a variety of accessory sets (tri, bi, shoulders, crunches, etx).

However, the fact of the matter is that I'm starting to get a little burned out on weights. I just need a different change and I'm still a little disappointed in myself for carrying this much fat on my frame. So, that's why my focus has turned to lowering my bodyfat.

During this fat-burn period, my plan to is to focus on basic exercises, along with developing my trunk more. So, my routine will now consist of bodyweight exercises like push-ups, crunches, dips and assisted chins. Before I started this whole process, I couldn't even do ONE push-up. Now, that I have enough strength to do that, I want to work on developing that more and supporting my overall bodyweight. So, very few exercises with weights, but I will definitely keep some sort of muscle-building routine.

Could you post your workout, specifically? When you say "a variety of accessory sets" it makes me picture doing more accessories than needed. Also, posting your workout could give us a glimpse into another aspect of your weight loss routine and if you are getting burnt out, we could make some suggestions to help you get to what your goals are.

Also, doing bodyweight exercises is a good thing but it will not do much in building muscle. Like Eric said bigger muscles will call for more calories, and that is what you want is the ability to burn that unwanted fat.