Should I be focusing on cardio or strength training?

Why can't it be both?

The most important thing is to do activities you enjoy so you will want to continue to do them. I enjoy lifting but also love cardio - I love a runner's high, and it helps me manage stress and anxiety. As a result, I have found activities that I enjoy in both categories and alternate them throughout the week.

I recommend an intense focus on strength training combined with moderate amounts of cardio. The cardio can - and, indeed, should - be something you actually enjoy and will do long-term, such as a sport (tennis, hiking, playing frisbee with your dog, whatever).

So what do you suggest for strength training and what is considered a moderate amount of cardio?

I do a whole body routine 2x week and 4 days of 60 min cardio... I HATE the Cardio!

If you hate the cardio, do less. 4X at 60 minutes is a lot more than you need. 3 full body lifiting sessions and 3 30 minute cardio sessions a week, or 4 lifting sessions set up as splits (2 days upper body, 2 days lower body) with 2 cardio sessions might be more appealing to you. Also, try different types of cardio - if you hate steady-state, do HIIT. Don't torture yourself with exercise you hate.

Since I'm in the process of losing weight, should I be focusing on cardio, or strength training? Sometimes i feel like I shouldn't bother with strength training YET since I'm just trying to shed fat. Opinions?

Both! Proper exercise done correctly is never a waste of time!!

I recommend an intense focus on strength training combined with moderate amounts of cardio. The cardio can - and, indeed, should - be something you actually enjoy and will do long-term, such as a sport (tennis, hiking, playing frisbee with your dog, whatever).

So what do you suggest for strength training and what is considered a moderate amount of cardio?

I do a whole body routine 2x week and 4 days of 60 min cardio... I HATE the Cardio!

A heavy barbell training program focused on the core motions:

1) Pulling vertically. Deadlifts.
2) Pushing horizontally. Bench press.
3) Pushing vertically. Overhead press.
4) Pushing with legs. Squats.
5) Pulling with arms. Rows/pullups

Many such programs exist, such as Starting Strength and Stronglifts. The book Starting Strength is a fantastic introduction to how to perform these motions safely and effectively.

Four 60 minute sessions of cardio is more than "moderate" IMO. Do 3-4 days of strength training per week, try to do something active that's not strength-based for 30-60 minutes twice a week on non-lifting days, and reserve 1 to 2 days per week for pure rest.

I'm no expert but from my own experience I was a cardio bunny doing 6-7 times a week and was starting to not see any changes after a few months....switched to more weights with HIIT and a bit of cardio as I like it and my body changed completely for the better....I hardly lost any more weight but took photos and the difference looks like more than a stone in weight .... good luck

As a trainer friend of mine always tells me "It is ALL cardio" wear a HRM when you do strength training and compare

Being a trainer myself, I have to say that while your friend is not "technically" wrong, they have done you a disservice by not explaining the difference. Quite simply, you "can" see a higher elevated metabolic rate from cardio than you "could" see from a similar timed session of resistance training, however, if you were to graph the metabolic rate after the workout you would see that the raised metabolic rate from cardio will be back to whatever your baseline is in somewhere from six to nine hours. Whereas you’re metabolic rate will actually continue to rise slightly after stopping the resistance training and remain elevated with a gradual diminishment rate for approximately seventy two hours, while your body heals itself from the resistance training session.

That is why trainers stress allowing adequate rest of muscles between workouts.

All of the above factors are assuming that you are doing the activities properly and would be basing the cardio on High Intensity Interval Training and the resistance training done properly to where the next day after working out, you would feel an elevated temperature in the areas that were worked out.

So, after all that, in answering the original posted question, as has already been said by a few people, the best method to follow is a balance effort that incorporates changing your routine about every month to six weeks.

Think of cardio as a workout for your heart and lungs and grouping it into certain days like you would certain days for Chest/Triceps, Back/Biceps, legs, etc. The only difference being that you don't need to give the heart and lungs the same amount of rest that you give the other muscle groups.

Rather than looking to a forum to develop your workout routine, I would recommend you finding a trainer for a couple sessions where they can evaluate your current condition and prescribe a workout routine for you. There really is no need to have a trainer every workout, though using one every four to six weeks to evaluate how you are working out and showing you ways to change out your routine to keep your body off-guard, can save you LOTS of frustration and wasted time in the gym. If you are attentive to their instruction, you should be able to develop your own programs after a few sessions. Despite what a lot of people think, it is not simply a matter of reading a book or forum and hitting the gym. At the same time, there is no need to be afraid to workout unless you have a trainer standing beside you.