If I want to lose inches What is the best exercise to do and how often?

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1. Be your own trainer and nutritionist, the basic rules to losing weight are no soda, no fast food, lots of chicken, fish, fresh (not canned that’s bad) fruits and vegies, whole wheat stuff, yogurt. Not so many cakes and donuts and cookies. Basic common sense for eating, you just need to enforce it. Get all the bad stuff out of the house right away, just toss it or give it away while your still motivated. No alcohol if that applies. Some juice but make sure its all natural, because the ones that aren't are loaded with sugar and a leading cause in diabetes in children and adults. Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread it out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer. Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart. You also need to stay away from any sports drinks unless you’ve just had a long workout and then you need to limit yourself. Most atheletes mix Gatorade with water because its two complex for your body to get all the nutrients out of. It needs to be diluted. These rules may be hard to adapt to at first so start with cutting out the things you know you can live without. Then work from there. Remember these are perfect eating habits, it can take you a while to work into it. If you know you can’t live without your one treat a day, don’t fight it by trying to eat something else, just eat it and make sure that’s the only one you cheat on a day. Otherwise you’ll get depressed and quit. Another important point is getting the right amount of sleep every night. You need 8-9 hours of sleep each night for your body to function correctly. This is an important factor of losing weight. Set up a routine for yourself and go to bed at about the same time each night. As for exercise, lots of cardio. Find something you like. If you have never exercised much before, start with walking 30 minutes a day at a brisk pace. Move on to different terrains that include hills and increase the time spent. After a week or two, try jogging the route. No matter what find an activity you enjoy. Walking to jogging is just an example, try hiking, rollerblading, biking. Once you get into a regular routine, if your not happy with the level of difficulty, try signing up with a gym. Spinning, pilates or kickboxing classes are great. It will also introduce you to working with weights. Talk to a trainer for instruction before using any weights. A cheap investment is a balance ball, it works you stomach while your just sitting on it, like at your computer and its great for posture. There are hundreds of exercises you can use it for for your entire body. I can give you some ideas if you want, just email me. Also for more info on the benefits of water go to www.watercure.com Good Luck! Honestly if you need anything else don't hesitate to IM me, krista_girl86 even if you don't pick me as best answer, i'd be happy to help. Also check out the website for the tv show The Biggest Loser on NBC. There are many, many helpful facts on there.
2. depends where u wanna lose the weight. despite what people say these days, crunches are still the best way to tone the tummy. running is always good and maybe some light weight lifting. they say 3 minutes a day of exercise is all we need along with a healthy diet. good luck!
3. Depends on how many inches and where. Walking daily in the morning is usually the best way to lose some unwanted inches. Larry D
4. Do a heavy cardio workout at least five days a week for a half an hour ( if you really want results, an hour or more) per session. Running, jumping, jump rope moves, etc. Mix with that routine some palates and some target toning, like after doing fifty jumping jax get on the floor and do ten crunches, lunges, and leg lifts. Mix in three or four times a week lifting weights. Start with five lb. weights and for about a half an hour work your arms and while your still holding the weights, your legs. Don't just swing the weights and try to cheat, your body knows, so really put some muscle into it and work up a sweat. You know when you are really burning off the inches when you are moving for a long enough period that you start sweating and feeling "the burn". But you also have to know that you can't keep your eating habits the same if you want quick results. You have to also dramatically cut your caloric and fat intake. Try to eat no more than 1200 or 1400 calories a day and no more than 12-15 gr of fat. Make sure you have protein in every meal you eat, that will keep you satisfied. It helps by substituting meals with protein bars, lean chicken and lots of filling fresh vegetables and fruit. Also, make sure you drink lots of water. Actually, drink only water with lemon from now on and no more soft drinks or juices (the extremely high calories are NOT worth it). and remember when you get the munchies: nothing tastes better than thin.
5. a proper diet to exercise plan would help u
6. some form of aerobic excercise done 45-60 minutes a day at least. jogging, walking, swimming, x-country skiing, biking, etc. the more effort you put in, the more it works, but even if you are a lazy slacker like me, so long as you do it, it's good.