I mentioned this on the Sisterly Forum (o.k.a. Seeker) but there's a video tape that my mom has called "Body Flex". For those of us who don't have time to take a yoga class or anything like that, the video tape is 15 min and EASY. My mom went from a 10-12 to a 4-6 (women in my family are small, and she knew what weight she was supposed to be. Like Pop said, if you're naturally built a certian way, talk to God, and Thank Him/Her for it!
). In the tape, the instructor informs you as to why the tape is basically only breathing and stretching (serious stretching). One example she gives is of ballet dancers. When I did ballet, I was always toned up, and I never did any other excercises (sp?). The exercise comes in the stretching of the muscle (the stress causes blood to flow to that spot in the body) that is inherent in ballet. Anyways, the tape talks all about that, and like I said, it works. Not only are you burning fat, but your building up your muscles also. Also, try to educate yourself about the foods you take in. I think if more people knew the reality of the harm we do to our bodies by what we put in it, we'd be better off. It doesn't matter if you eat "health food" frozen dinners if they have been cooked once (which removes the nutrients) frozen and recooked (no nutritional value left in the meal).
OH!!! One more thing, now this may sound odd, but CLEAN YOUR COLON!!! Besides the fact that it reduces our risk for colon cancer (a growing malady in our community), when food is trapped in there our metabolism is decreased. So just some tips...please keep us posted!!! You can do it!!!