I find that cardio allows me to maintain at lower weights. If I run 6 miles a day instead of, say, 4 then I can get and stay 10 pounds lower. But you still plateau, just at a lower maintenance weight.
At higher weights, cardio definitely accelerates weight loss though.
At your height/weight I would expect you to drop like a rocket with a serious diet and cardio regime.
Weight training can have the opposite effect. Potentially slow gains through muscle, especially once you hit lower weights but at higher weights you might see some weightloss too.
If I were you I would weigh yourself one day, try a busting cardio session and weigh yourself the next as an experiment.
If you like the results, and find it motivates you, then let it lead you where it may.
Last edited by IanG; 12-08-2014 at 04:40 PM.
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