How do i lose weight on my legs/stomach or tone them up??

Answer 1

I jog every morning for only about thirty minutes and that really helps. If you do that, you will see results in about 2 weeks. It's great and not that difficult. I also TRY not to eat a lot of sugar and junk food. Limit yourself to about two junk food meals a week. Or do some other activity you enjoy every day. Just have fun with it! That's the most important thing.

Answer 2

The Elliptical machine works well to tone the legs and Butt. I am still working on my stomach, so I don't have the answer for that one.

Answer 3

if you have no weights at home, a litre of milk or juice in both hands do some lunges, squats, and for your sides (obliques) stand with your feet together, (then feet apart,) stomach in and back straight, lean side to side (arms straight) the best way i can explain it pretend your a scale, as the weights in your hands tips from side to side. remember tense your stomach, and keep your back straight. you will feel it in the next day. take some Tylenol, and suck it up

Answer 4

The following healthy living recommendations will help you if you’re trying to lose weight, tone up your muscles, have aspirations of building lean muscle mass, are attempting to get a wash board stomach, or just want to feel better:

*1) Burn more calories then you're consuming everyday and measure your results using the following formula: Calories Consumed minus Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) minus Physical Activity minus the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF). A website that explains this formula in more detail and will help you determine how many calories you need to reach or maintain a certain weight is at http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/weight/calsburned.htm

Get a diet and fitness calculator that you can put on your computer or cell phone. This will allow you to easily calculate the above formula, set goals, log your daily calorie consumption, and register your physical activities.

Set realistic goals for your ideal body weight. Here are two websites that will calculate a suggested body weight:
Adults: http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm
Teens/Children: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/exercise/weight/bmi.html

It is difficult and unhealthy to lose more than one or two pounds per week. There are 3,500 calories in a pound. If you eat 500 fewer calories per day for a week you will lose one pound. If you burn through exercise 500 more calories per day for a week you will lose one pound.

*2) Eat natural and organic foods found on earth versus something created by a corporation to make money. Eat meals in small portions throughout the day and take a good multi-vitamin supplement.

Avoid “High Glycemic Load Carbs” (sugar, pastries, desserts, refined starches such as breads, pasta, refined grains like white rice; high starch vegetables such as potatoes) and drink lots of water. Read this article for more information on high GL Carbs:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates.html

Do not try fad diets or diet pills. Here is an excellent food pyramid that anyone can follow: http://www.rayandterry.com/html/images/PyramidLRG.gif?osCsid=26a424be471d1337e7c2f105d5c64d9d

*3) Exercise on most days by doing cardiovascular training and/or resistance training activities.

Read a book or find a certified trainer to make sure your doing all resistance training exercises correctly. A great book to buy that teaches you the resistance training basics is “Weight Training for Dummies”. A superb magazine to buy with resistance training routines that will not get you bored is "Muscle and Fitness". Signup for the free newsletter. An excellent free online resource is at http://www.exrx.net/

A good book to buy that teaches you the cardiovascular training basics is “Fitness for Dummies”.

*4) Get plenty of sleep. Sleep experts say most adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep each night for optimum performance, health, and safety.

*5) Educate yourself continually on health issues and make a life long commitment to good health. A great free publication is “Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005”. A superb book to read is “You The Owner’s Manual”. An excellent periodic publication is the “Nutrition Action Health Letter”. A reputable test you can take to measure your biological age is at http://realage.com

Look at all areas where you can enhance your health. For example, make improvements in the quality of the air you breathe. Review outdoor air quality forecasts where you live and get an indoor air purifier. Send me an email or yahoo instant message to "gainbetterhealth" if you want an indoor air purifier recommendation and if you have any questions.

*Click on all the source links below to get the full benefit of the recommendations. The answers presented to your health questions are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Answer 5

this article has some great weight loss programs that you can try, also exercises

Answer 6

try not to eat all that junk food and sugar

Answer 7

get a pliates workout video.

Answer 8

You need to a balanced diet, the correct exercises, and plenty of sleep.

As for the exercises, this shouldn't be too much of a hassle since you need a loss of body fat for you entire body to lose some off of your stomach, and toning the legs is one of the most effective muscle groups to target.

You can tone your legs by combining the right weight lifts with cardiovascular activity. The lifts include simple things such as lunge walks, squats, and leg extensions. You can start off by using the machines in a gym, which usually explain themselves on a lable, and then try these out:

Lung: stand up straight. Take one big step right in front of you that requires you to lower your torso until your front leg is at a 45 degree angle, while keeping your chest out and your shoulders back and square, and keep your head and chin level. Your feet should always be shoulder with apart laterally throught the entire exercise. Once your foot is far ahead of the other and your low to the ground, push off of it and repeat with the other leg.

Small dumbells (which are cheap and can be bought even at walmart so don't use any of those excuses) can be carried in your arma for additional weight.

Squats: Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and lower your self at a contoled pace as if you where going to relieve yourself in the bathroom. Keep your chest out all the way down, with your head and chin up, and butt out. Don't bend your back forward. Once your legs have SQUATTED down to a 45 degree angle, pop a squat back up and do it again. This exercise can be done with both dumbells and barbellls, and can be done on a machine called the leg press, but you'll be sitting down and won't be lifting your own body weight.

You can also do a deadlift but you're better off asking someone to watch you rather reading that one online.

The legg extension machine can replace any of these, and a leg curl will work out your hamstringg (back of thighs). Your calves can be exercised by raising your body off of the ball of your foot, and you can increase the difficulty first by doing it off of a ledge, allowing your heels to sink lower, giving more range to to lift, and then by using dumbells.

There are also many different variations of squats, lunges, and deadlifts, but again, when you feel the need to advance, you should seek training from an expirienced exerciser or better yet, a trainer or athlete.

Start your exercises off with little or no weight doing fewer sets of many reps. Like 3 sets of 20. You can work the sets up and the reps down as you increase the weight in future programs.

As for cardio, well you have running, soccor, tennis, anything that requires motion from the legs. Bycicling is also very good but i love to practice martial arts, but you really need to challenge yourself not Tae Bo.

Anyways, do this about 20 to 45 minutes a day 3 to 5 days a week. Start off simple at your target heart rate (THR), especially if it's on a machine, and progress to more difficult levels when looking for a more challenging and effective ways that are better off preparing for at your THR.

Make sure you get all 8 hours of your sleep. You need it for recovery. All of it.

And as for your diet, well I've written this a million times so I'm just going to copy and paste it so all you have to do is read this one for someone else who wanted to lose weight:


dnbotte
2 days ago

Report Abuse
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker

Actually eating more helps.
Most people who over eat are over weight because they pack in too many nutrients at once on each of their three meals a day. And eating less actually lowers your metabolism, which is why the pounds pile back on so quickly.

The trick here is to eat enough and provide your body with a constant supply of nutrients throught the day. This both raises your metabolism and keeps your blood sugar flowing in small cycles almost at a constant, rather than having a few bursts full of energy that won't be used and ends up being wasted.

Try eating 5 to 7 small meals or healthy snacks a day. It's a key technique instructed by every trainer and used by every body sculptor and even many swim suit models. Most people average out at 6, and seperate each meal by 2 to 3 hours.

The meals don't have to be huge and neither do they have to be 3 carrots and a stick of celery. All you need to do is balance out your carb/fat/protein ratios. Start off each meal with a serving of protein, fat, and two of carbohydrates.

The fat and protein can be found together, like in milk or eggs. Oils can be added if there is no fat included. (ie. protein shake and fish oil capsuls). Don't freak out if something has fat, you need it in order to produce the essential fat burning hormones and enzymes.

Good examples of these are milk and protein powder, chicken, fish, eggs, and soy products, as well as olive and flaxseed oils. Avoid frying anything, that's the bad fat.

As for the carbohydrates,forget Dr. Atkins. You want maybe about 2 servings for 5 meals, and 1 or 2 for the rest. Try to eat mostly fruits, vegitables, and whole grain products. Fruits should be spread out across meals and not eaten on your last one before bed. This is to keep your let's say "blood sugar" from getting too high and then being stored as fat. But fruits are good though, and try to eat at least four of them. As for vegitables, eat a variety of them, same goes for fruits, and try to eat at least five. Whole grains should be used as replacements for a meal missing a fruit or a vegitable, but eat at least one or the other.

Good whole grain products can be things such as oatmeal, fiberous cerals, or anything with whole wheat in it. These are all good because of the nutrients found in them that is not in things such as white bread. You should also count starchy vegitables such as potatoes or certain beans in this group. They may not be whole grain, but they are still healthy complex carbohydrates.

Avoid foods that are high in extra sugar, such as candy or cake iceing, as well as incredibally greasy foods like bacon and empanadas.

Do drink lots and lots of water. About 2/3 of your body weight converted into fluid ounces. At 170 lbs, I'd say at least 112.2 flo oz. a day. This is incredibally essential for your metabolism, being that metabolic reactions occur in water. It also aids in an endless list of biological functions that can be summed up as: your body weight is 70% water. Drink plenty of it.

No soda and no alchohol. Very bad. Don't even drink that much fruit juice because of the added sugars. Even foods labeled as "low fat" should be avoided because of how much sugar is added.

Always take a multi vitamin every moring and/or lunch, and not on an empty stomach.

Get all 8 hours of sleep (I stress this to every one of my clients). It's incredibally important in order for your metabolism to function correctly.

And if you cheat here and there, big deal. It's no reason to lack confidence and give up.

So the answer is no, you don't have to starve.

Well I hope all of this works out for you. Most people don't even do half of what I say and still see magnificent results.

Copies done. Anyways, I've gotten "best answer" for this a million times and I've gotten plenty of thank yous from people I've told in person.