Is Sweating (Or lack thereof) an indication of fat loss?

[kaija]

Since I've been working out 5-6 days a week, I've noticed that my cardiovascular activity isn't making me sweat as heavily as it used to. I would walk off the treadmill soaking wet before!!

Now, I don't sweat very much at all, but I've noticed that I tend to break into sweats when I hit the weights.

I'm wondering, if this is an indication that I need to increase my cardiovascular activity?

Is it simply that I'm getting used to the workout?

Am I hitting a plateau?

I haven't lost ANY weight at all in 2 weeks, but I'm still weight training for my arms and legs, doing yoga, and hitting the treadmill.

[DexMan]

Sweating is just a sign that your body temperature has increased due to exercising... When you exercise, your muscles give off heat because of the energy that it is using... So as you work on your cardio, your body becomes more efficient, so it uses less energy, so now you don't sweat as soon or as much as you use to...

When you assess yourself, try not to look at weight, because if you've been lifting weights and doing cardio, you're burning fat w/ cardio, and gaining muscle mass when lifting weights, so you're weight typically "hoovers" or increases because muscle weighs more than fat...

If you've been keeping your cardio at the same setting those 5-6 weeks you might want to increase the speed or elevation up since you'e been doing it for awhile... If you keep it the same for a long time, your body adapts to that and it will acutally take a little bit longer to get your heart rate up if you keep the same setting...

[kaija]

I increased my level on the treadmill incline...but I noticed that my heartrate dropped DRAMATICALLY. I didn't know what this was attributed too...but I got so concerned that my workout was becoming ineffective (my heartrate was hovering around 127-133), that I just fastwalked level again @ 3.7 and my heartrate picked up to 145-150.

I don't get it!!
I have a LOT of fat to lose!! :-D

[Lady C]

The human body can adapt very well to situations it is put under. Your body is simply adapting to the cardio length and intensity.

First off, don't do so much cardio that you are sweating BEFORE your weight routine. All you need is 5 minutes to losen up the muscles.

Secondly, you have to keep increasing the intensity (I never pay attention to what my heartrate says). Intensity should be high enough to get you sweating within 5-10 minutes of starting the activity.

I do think there is a connection between sweating and good workout (although I don't have any scientific proof).