When we lose weight, there is no way to specifically burn fat from one part of the body. Doing situps won't burn the fat that is covering your abs and doing tricep extensions won't get rid of the fat that is covering your triceps. The only thing you can do is lose weight all around and eventually the problem area will also improve.

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Your body is a complicated thing. Your body has what is called a starvation response. If you don't eat as much or burn more calories then you take in on a daily basis, your body will respond and slow down your metabolism in order to conserve energy. And even with the smaller amount of energy it does burn, it still won't burn fat. It will instead burn your protein storages. Where is protein in your body stored? Bingo! Your muscles. Not eating as much daily will slow down your metabolism and cause your body to literally eat itself alive. You have to "trick" your body into losing weight by not letting it trigger this starvation response. You can do this using the zig-zag method. Here's what you do:
1) Find your basal metabolic rate. Just google that and you'll find the formula.
2) CALORIES COUNT. Keep track of the number of calories you take in. To zig- zag, take in about 500 calories less then your basal metabolic rate for three days. no more than three days. Then, for 1-2 days, take in 5% more than your basal metabolic rate. (about 125 calories more). Doing this will trick your body into not going into starvation mode.
3) DO NOT get your calories from junk. Junk food won't help you any.
4) Eat at least six meals a day. Make each meal a small portion. How do you do that? Well, you take your basal metabolic rate and divide it by 6. Eat that amount of calories every meal. Have a meal about every 6 hours.
5) It's always better to burn the fat not starve it. Do some cardio. Go running, jump rope, do stairs, aerobics, whatever! Just don't sit and do nothing. If you wanna watch T.V., jog in place as you do.

If you do this, you'll lose weight, and have more energy. And you'll get more toned from that cardio. You might aso want to get a copy of a book that explains all this in great detail. That book is called, Burn the fat, Feed the Muscle.

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