When I've talked to others trying to lose weight, EVERYONE runs (no pun intended) to cardio. Because of my background - when I was in shape, I was doing strength training, and studied it heavily. I was ironically doing it for basketball (I was our center) which is an endurance sport, so cardio is important, but my…

I do almost more strength training than cardio, and I've noticed that while my weight hasn't really gone down, I look thinner. Granted, my eating could be way better, but just putting on some muscle does a lot for your body.

Thank you for addressing weight training in this article. I see lots of overweight people trying to lose weight by doing only cardio. It works for a lot of people, and that's great. But many of those people are the same ones that end up with lots of loose skin. One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was when I…