Well, starving yourself isn't the answer. When you starve yourself, you lose weight too quickly and your body releases chemicals that make you smell HORRIBLE. Oh yeah, and your body eats away your organs.
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Now as far as exercise; there are sooo many diets out there, and most of them work about the same. Treadmills are bad for your knees, so I'd recommend an elliptical running machine, or a bike. Either way if you want to lose (fat) weight, it needs to be cardio exercising. Weigh lifting mostly just builds muscle.
Unfortunately there is no way to lose weight in a specific area. Your body will lose it all over when it burns fat.
Right now what I'm doing is going every other day on an elliptical machine. You can look them up on Google image search if you don't know what they are. It's good to do cardiovascular exercise for about 30 mins at a time.
Oh yeah, I just learned that Gatoraid is a life saver. Seriously, there was an immense difference when I worked out with and without Gatoraid. It gave me enough energy to keep going for a while.
Junk foods around the house need to go. It's always good to have healthier alternatives. If you have junk around and easily accessible, you'll pretty much find yourself eating it.
LionTail411 answered Friday June 23 2006, 1:47 am: crunches will build up your muscles (sp) but to lose inches you have to do cardio get, your heart pumping like running, speed walking, jogging, swimming and its hard to estimate how much you'll lose unless i know alot more about you and and waking will help you lose weight in your --ALLEY n rate [ LionTail411's advice column | Ask LionTail411 A Question ]
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