I need to lose weight, does heat help??

[Canuck Physio]

I need to lose weight to help heal injuries and to take the pressure off of my joints, i've been told wearing skins or under armour will help as it keeps your temperature higher?

but what difference does it make keeping your temp higher, does it help you lose weight quicker or train harder?

I am sorry, but as a personal athletic instructor there are better (and safer) ways to lose weight (what weight fat or muscle or water)?

It is true that weight can be lost by wearing sweat suits, HOWEVER, Almost all of this weight is water weight sweated out by the body. Although exercising in warm environments enhances BMR, over heating can lead to excessive exertion, exhaustion, and fainting as well as hypoxia believe it or not! This is a dangerous idea, although I am sure under armour does not retain heat as much as perhaps you expect it to.

[craig benham]

the weight i need to lose is generally fat (stored on my abs), mainly to take some of the pressure off of my joints. I'm not obese or massively overweight but would be in much better shape if i could lose another stone maybe.

Have been training in the gym but have reached the stage where my joints, in particular my right hip joint starts to ache and throb before i have a chance to have a good workout. hence wanting to make my workouts as efficient as possible?

maybe i am doing the wrong sort of workout? are cross trainers, bikes and treadmills the right things to do, if so is one better than the other or should i do weights as well?

also doing some swimming, is this gonna help lose weight, or build muscle?