ONLY WAY TO DO SO!!!!!!!

All the information i posted is from my teacher at Chaffey College who has many degrees in diet & fitness AND nutrition. Who on here can say that "my teacher is more right then your trainer" or vice versa. Her knowledge is not more correct than someone else's so i am not saying that because she has all these degrees that she knows more than someone else. I am simply saying this to say that i did not get it from someone dumb person's kid brother as some of you are implying. I was simply telling people what i have learned from her, to let others know. Correct, i do not completely know what i am talking about, but i DO KNOW WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT. If you want to say that "YOU" or "YOUR TRAINER" know more than me fine but you cannot say that about someone like her. I certainly have my sources. As for the rest of your questions, YES AM humble enough AND honest enough to say that i currently do NOT know the answer other than what i have previously stated.

Oh well i was simply saying that if one exercises for 3 solid hours they will only get the benefit of burning fat for the first hour. Then they can come back to it in a few hours and it would start over and they would again burn fat.

This is not true. The body burns a combination of body fat, available resources, and muscle. It doesn't shut off a specific source after a specific period of time.

Ok, not to get to sciencey, but I think we may be getting too hung up on FAT and CALORIES as being different in this discussion. Your body gets calories from its stores of protein, fat, and carbohydrates. Daily, you build up and break down all of these in some amount. Furthermore, fat in your body, can be converted and pushed into the same metabolic pathway to gain energy as carbohydrates (sugar) goes. Thus, I think that focusing on net calorie deficit to lose weight is a more effective means than limiting your workouts because you may not be burning FAT.

This.

It sounds as though the O/P has found 1 article somewhere and without researching it has thought that it sounded great and believes every word as truth. It's unfortunate, but this happens all the time, especially when we start reading things like grocery store magazines instead of scientific journals looking for the scientific "what's," "why's," and "how's" of the human metabolism.

I think it's great that the O/P wants to help others trying to lose weight, but I feel the post would be better accepted and discussed if its tone wasn't "this is truth and what you believe is not." :flowerforyou:

Thanks for the suggestion, I could have been clearer. I actually learned this from my human metabolism course at university. Both glucose and triacylglycerol and fatty acids (the primary storage forms of fats in your adpiocytes [fat cells]) can be converted to acetyl Co-A. Once in this intermediate form, they can enter the TCA (Kreb's) cycle and produce energy in your mitochondria of your cells through the electron transport chain.
I just wanted to comment on the interconnectedness of these forms of energy as they both go through the same intermediate and pathway to produce energy. To clarify, I don't have any scientific background as to when we're more likely to put glucose, fatty acids, or peptides into this pathway when exercising based on time or intensity.
Have a nice night all!

People need to learn to take context into consideration. Look, there's clearly some holes in the information, but the OP knows that and has acknowledged it. I don't see any point in people harping on that. I'm all for positive reinforcement whenever possible and instead, I see people beleaguering the shortfalls (which are understandable!) and what's that going to do do for her, as a young and upcoming nutritionist or doctor or whatever it is she's going for? Not a damn thing other than undermine confidence. That is not what we are here for. We're here to support each other and encourage one another to the fullest extent possible and it's really frustrating to see people being soooo..... inconsiderate.

I asked the OP for additional information - in a supportive and kind manner. That will help me fill the holes where she cannot due to where she is at in her education. You know, this is so disappointing. It's obvious she was excited to learn something new and valuable and wanted to share it with all of the MFP community and this is what she gets for her pains. I'm pretty ashamed of some of these posts, quite frankly.

There is no way for any of us to KNOW (and yes I am shouting or emphasizing the word for those who have "text sensitive ears") what the facts are. Plain and simple our bodies may be for the most part the same, but we are all different.