wanna lose weight? a very BASIC thing is eat less calories, but move your ass more. maintain 1600 calories a day minimum or your body will think it is in starvation mode and store everything as fat. your body will get good at this and believe me it is hard to beat it. try to lose no more than 3 lbs. a week any more and you will probably just be losing water to dehydration. a bad idea at best. break meals up into five small ones a day, and lift weights as muscle speeds up metabolism. this is over simplified, but then i am not a science major. hydrate, train till exhastion, rest hydrate tell jokes take notes train again...