Will I still lose weight if I'm not buried

selfraisingberbs
selfraisingberbs Posts: 5
in Health and Weight Loss
Apologies for the title, i accidentally pressed enter! It was meant to be: will I still lose weight if I'm not burning as many calories?

So I've decided to try high intensity interval training but I get tired much faster. In a work out I don't burn as many calories (cycling as fast as I can for 5 mins then slowing for 2 and repeat). I'm not burning as many calories as when I did a steady pace on the stationary bike for an hour a day. Will I still lose weight?

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  • helizi
    helizi Posts: 30 Member
    Are you taking in fewer calories than you're using? If you are you'll lose weight, regardless of what exercise you're doing.
  • WaterBunnie
    WaterBunnie Posts: 1,371 Member
    Increasing your intensity should help improve your fitness. Your body gets used to endurance exercise so you may well be doing yourself a favour burnwise.
  • selfraisingberbs
    selfraisingberbs Posts: 5
    Yes I am at 178lb I eat 1200 calories a day. I'm just wantin to know if it will be as effective or if I should go back to what I was doing before?
  • kgrinholz
    kgrinholz Posts: 7 Member
    Your title is intriguing... lol. :)

    I've only read good things about interval training. It stimulates your metabolism even after your workout, so you're still burning calories well after your finished. It also helps speed up your recovery.

    http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/betteru33.htm
  • macchiatto
    macchiatto Posts: 2,890 Member
    Ditto that HIIT is a good thing. :)
    There are different intervals you can use; one I've done is 20 seconds highest intensity/40 secs low intensity. Having short intervals might make it easier for you to go a bit longer, though I think 20 mins or so of HIIT is usually considered a complete workout. (Don't quote me on that. :p )

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