unfuelled cardio, morning cardio - does it really matter?

EDIT - sorry I posted in wrong section, meant to put in cardio section

so,


I am adding more cardio into my regime, as my fat loss has been at a stand still for too long! I want to look/be a stone ligther by christmas really

so, cardio... when id the ideal time? or is there one?

I find jogging at 9.5km/hr for 30-40 mins and then 10 - 15 cross trainer ok, but should I really have to worry about unfeulled, fuelled, etc? I do different shifts, and sometimes hows are all over the place, but I will try to do what it takes to get lean

also, heart rate... should I consider investing in a heart rate monitor? or is that abit unneccesary?

cheers!

It maybe makes a small amount of difference, but really it'r mroe important to do the cardo when is convenient to you.  If it doesn't suit yor shift doing it first thing, then don't worry

thanks for the advice, thought  this might be the case

sometimes i start work at 6am, sometimes i start at 8am or 11am or 2pm, i still fit in my morning cardio, if it means waking at 3am, then so be it

Heart rate monitors are useful if you are really geeky and like to know all the numbers, but it's more important that you are working at a rate where you are breathing quite heavy, but could just hold a conversation and starting to sweat a bit.

Short answer, work hard don't buy into the 'fat loss zone' bulls**t and do it whenever, ultimately the calorie surplus is the issue, not so much the time of day.

cheers guys appreciate the replies and help, will do cardio as and when, like I am now then

Boss Redd - thats fair enough only reason I dont do early morning cardio is somenights I finish gone midnight and start again at 8 next morning, sleep is important too...