[Luckie1922]

You did not mention your water intake...I suggest 8-10 glasses a day, bottle water preferably not tap, more water if your activity increases.

Food I suggest eating 6-8 small meals a day, no grease, process foods that cost $1.00, fruits, vegetables, nuts(not honey roasted)

Visit
http://www.cspinet.org/nah/10foods_bad.html

http://www.fastfoods.info/

http://www.menshealth.com/20worst/worstffchicken.html

If you drink Starbucks, I love Lattes but know that most Grande lattes are about 190 calories, try skinny latte (tall) instead

Rest: You need at least 7-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep a night

30minutes of cardio is good, but you may want to increase to 1 hour of Cardio 3-4, days a week, light strength or heavy depending on your body type/training-rotating days

Do you know your body type? Many people begin to exercise not knowing what their bodies are

Heavy top smaller bottom:
Do: stair climber, step aerobics, moderate to heavy weights for lower body, leg
presses/squats, and stationary bike with moderate to heavy tension, jogging, running

Avoid heavy weights to the upper body, elliptical machines,

Do: Walking uphill, stair climber, squats, kickboxing

Smaller top and larger bottom: jumping rope and stationary biking at a very high speed with low tension or resistance are ideal for your lower body

Avoid stair climber, step aerobics, moderate to heavy weights for lower body, leg
presses/squats, stationary bike with moderate to heavy tension, jogging, running

Stomach: Cardio, proper diet and Pilates

I hope this help

Originally Posted by exquizit

Hey everyone I need your help!!

I know we've talked about it here before but I wanna lose weight! Does anyone have any REAL, ACHEIVEABLE, ideas? Here's the catch though........ I want to go from a size 12 to a size 8 by this summer. I've tried alot of things but I've only been abole to drop a dress size. I got upset then gained it back! What's a sista to do?