Originally Posted by bronco67

If you want a great exercise to burn some calories without tapping into muscle like jogging (too much) can do, try loading some weight in a backpack and taking a long walk. I've skipped the gym for two weeks because my shoulder impingement is acting up so I started taking 4 mile walks with a 35 pound kettlebell in a backpack. I've lost a half inch from my waist in those 2 weeks changing nothing else but adding the weighted walks. It's that last bit of fat I'm trying to get rid of and this seems to be helping. I'm ripped everywhere except that pocket at my navel and the little lower back fat. Annoying.

and stop worrying about the scale. Get a tape measure and track the measurement around your waist at your navel (have to go around the love handles). That's the true story of where you are body composition-wise. Weight can be transient and erratic.

My unsolicited fitness advice for the day.