toning up for summer is not working!?

Question

i run 2 miles a day and do pilates and crunches and i try to eat right but i'm still not as toned as i'd like to be! i want to lost a little tummy fat (i'm not a lil skinny anorexic b*&^$, trust me, i'm athletic and curvy). but seriouslly what can i do?

Answer 1

find calorie/fitness calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have lean meat (protein) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min, light weight training
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, past etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)

Answer 2

Keep at it, it will happen. You might want to try cross training. Or, up your mileage if you can handle it.