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as others have said it is not so much about the fad diet, but the physics of calorie intake and metabolism.
1. do a bmi and find out where you are.
2. do a caloric assessment based on your size, activity level, and age and see what you need to not gain or lose weight---i will guess you should be about 2400 calories just to maintain your current size. lots of online tools to help you with this.
3. if the problem is the stomach you should do a different kind of exercise, more aerobic, less strength related...i will suggest bicycling or rope jumping approx 45 minutes/day.
4. lower your calorie intake to about 2000 calories/day---south beach or atkins type diets will help you stave off hunger cravings---get on a diet that you can stay on without being hungry all the time---this usually means eating more protein, cutting out all sugars, and limiting carbs---in 7 to 10 days you will stop feeling hungry if you stick to it.
5. try to lose weight slowly with a goal of maybe 1.5 to 2 pounds per week at your body size, what you are trying to do is a lifestyle change---which means you need a calorie deficit of about 7000 calories each week to accomplish this---so if your basic calorie requirement for maintenance is 2500, reduce your calorie intake to 2000, and further burn off about 300 calories/day thru exercise to put you at 1700/day---this gives you a calorie deficit of 800/day or 5600 week---so you will lose about 1.75 pounds per week.
there's lots more i could say, but buy a diet book (any diet book) and get with it. there is no magic bullet---if you are lazy about counting calories just exercise and buy seattle sutton prepackaged meals---it will achieve the same results if you do a LIFESTYLE change.
it's easier than most people think---and fads are not so necessary---it just takes a steady plan and some time---if you try to do it fast the weight will not stay off.
now, once you get rid of the belly, get ready to start bangin' lots of beaver.
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