I'm finally going to...

[dab_20]

Lose weight! I started my diet today. It's one I kinda made up myself. lol... I'd really like to lose 15 pounds by the end of the summer. I can't eat any junk food (chips, ice cream, etc) and NO candy! I also do 120 crunchers a day, I'm trying to make my stomach a little smaller by the wedding I have to go to in May. I carry all my weight in my stomach... so I do exercises for that. Today my friend and I went roller blading and we played volleyball. I will do about 10 minutes of running a day, plus what we do in gym. I just thought I should share. Please wish me luck!!

[Toby's my baby]

Good Luck!!! I'm sure your already beautiful, but I want to wish you the best of luck! I'm hopefully going to stick with something this year, and do an exercise program. I'm not really trying to loose weight though (I weigh 120, and I'm 5' 5") but i want to get stronger, and be able to run farther, and for longer periods of time. I already run about 2 miles a day, but hopefully by the end of summer I'll be at about 3 or 4 miles, and HOPEFULLY I'll be doing some 'crunchers' too, but I'm not very good at keeping up at something like that. GOOD LUCK!

[sirrahved]

Good luck, girls! I know you can do it! Just a little forewarning, though... lots of crunchers won't help melt the fat in your tummy, and if done improperly can actually make your tummy bigger! (from building muscle) Aerobic activity may be a better bet. Have fun!

[Alysser]

Good luck to both of you! I am trying to lose some weight. But I get alot of excersice already. I go outside ALMOST everyday.

[dab_20]

Thanks everyone. I do my crunchers correctly because we have to do them at school and my gym teacher walks around to make sure we are doing it right. It burns! lol... my dad says it should help. I am in hockey and I never lose weight because I gain muscle. This year I didn't lose anything because we didn't have to go on diets this year.

Toby's my baby... WOW I wish I was that size!!! I weigh 152 and I'm only 5' 3" 1/2.

Thanks everyone!

[MariaM]

Sounds good! But go to a few exercise websites first. My advice is you look a bit more into it, just so you can stick to it better. I think it will be REALLY hard to stick to a "No junk food" diet, so allow yourself some, just in moderation.

As well, if you're doing that many crunches a day, you should be doing back strengthening exercise too. You can really hurt your back if you don't. Whenever you strengthen one muscle, you have to strengthen the opposite one as well. (ex. biceps/triceps)

Good luck!