weight loss

So I went running today, but with a new goal in mind instead of just 'losing weight'. I ran with a heart rate monitor to make sure I could stay in my target zone to burn fat calories. I'm no longer obsessed with losing weight, more so with losing fat and narrowing my waist down. I need to shave off 4'' around the midsection. So, on this hot, balmy and fairly breezy Orlando Wednesday morning I ran 4 miles in 51 minutes and burned 800 calories. If I can do this 4x a week, that's 2 lbs a week dropping, but the flip side is my average heart rate was 83%, which is slightly outside the target for weight loss. Perhaps staying in the cardio zone will help me lose weight, it will just be slower, based on what I've read from various sites online. During my run I got to rescue a mocking bird who was suffering some sort of shock or heat stroke. On a busy stretch of highway I waited till the cars realized I was trying to get this little bird out of harms way and I quickly picked him up. Trying to get him into a tree he did not want to let go of my hand, again accredited to shock or extreme tiredness on his part. All in all it was a good run followed by some rows and a set of 21s after wards. I'm hoping that with this new goal I can pace myself better than I have in the past with getting into shape. To date I've gone from 269 in December '07 to 205-210 currently.