what is the fastest way to build up your abs muscles and lose wieght?

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As for losing weight you should combine diet and exercise. Your exact diet and exercise regimen depends on how much weight you want to lose. If you are trying to lose a few pounds and tone up, this is what I did. I tried to get between 1200 and 1400 calories a day.
Breakfast: Cereal or oatmeal or half a whole wheat bagel with reduced fat cream cheese.
Lunch: I ate lots of soup or sandwichs on whole wheat, no cheese, or lean cuisine
Snack: I ate different things but always tried to keep the snack 100 calories or less. Try fruit or veggies or various snack packs that are around 100 calories.
Dinner: I ate anything I wanted. I didn't eat 2nd or 3rd helpings but I ate pizza, spaghetti, burgers.
No fast food. Maybe once a month as a treat if you have to have it. If you have to eat dessert, like a piece of cake, share it, but don't eat the whole thing. Unless it is a treat for yourself for all your hard work. Remember you can't treat yourself everyday!
As for exercise I run, do kick boxing, and ab workouts every other day during the week and hardly ever on the weekend. I lost 10lbs and shaped up my abs and buns.

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Norditrack.
Or better still join a gym. Cheaper.
Do cardio exercise (such as jogging, biking) with sit-ups. Also, eat healthy foods.
I do like what The_Dirty_South said but there is actually so much more to that. To build your ab muscules fast, maybe try to work them out at least 5 days a week, or maybe even everyday. Crunches will work. As for losing weight, I've actually done it sucessfully and the healthy way. I lost 20 pounds in about two and a half months. Here is my advice to what I told other people on yahoo answers:

I have to disagree with the others who say to avoid the snacking. That's not completely true. It just depends on what you snack on and the amount you eat. Also, don't be so hard on yourself. Being too strict can lead to failure. You just have to make a committment and visualize yourself meeting your weight loss goal. Anytime you get a craving for something, wait 20 minutes before you try to eat it...in 20 minutes, your craving should go away. Just don't leave the food sitting in front of you.

I've gone on a safe and healthy diet and lost 20 pounds successfully in just over 2 months. I've spoken to a personal trainer at Bally Total Fitness as well as doctors and they've told me that my diet (combined with exercise) is the most effective and safest way to lose weight. Keep in mind that it is undavised to lose more than 2 pounds. It's not really safe. Also, never eat less than 1,000 calories per day. You never want to starve yourself to lose weight because your body will react as if it is a life threatening emergency and so it will slow down your metabolism in order to save calories/energy stored up in your body. Once you stop starving yourself and start eating normally again, you will actually gain all your weight back plus extra...so as you can see, this is a bad way to lose weight. Here is how I diet and I highly recommend this:

You want to eat 6 small meals a day rather than 3 normal/small sized meals. If you eat more often throughout the day, it gets your metabolism going and you burn more calories effectively.

Keep a log of EVERYTHING you consume, that way you can actually see and better what you're actually eating and if you need to make any changes to your diet. In fact, it is best to plan everything you eat ahead of time. I usually do this the day before. You want to record things such as the food item, how many servings you plan on eating (*see below for serving suggestions), and most importantly- the calories in each food (servings x calories per serving=total calories consumed for that food) Make sure what you are eating is healthy and that your meals are well balanced.

The average adult ideally should consume about 2,000 calories. Everyone's metabolism is different so some people can eat more than others and still lose weight. It's hard to say how many calories you should consume but for me, I had a test done that concluded I can consume 1411 calories without gaining weight. Knowing that, I don't eat more than 1200 calories per day to lose weight. (I have a slow metabolism) If you think your metabolism is a little faster, you can eat more than what I do to lose weight. But whatever amount of calories u consume everyday, stick with that.

*Servings
one serving is what that package of the box says, not your judgement of what you think looks satisfying!
Not every type of food will state what one serving is.
One serving of meat is 3 ounces. If you don't have a food scale, 3 ounces is about the size of a deck of cards.
For vegetables, 1 cup is a good serving size but you don't have to worry too much about eating too much fruits or veggies. Many tend to be low in calories and are very healthy for you anyway, so eat up! Actually measuring your servings in a measuring cup is a great way to see how much you really should be eating and compare it to what you used to eat.

Another good tip- drink water with everything you eat. You will feel more full this way. Also, like I said about eating 6 times a day instead of 3, will also prevent you from feeling hungry and cheating on your diet. (eat something every 3-4 hours)

When you eat at restaurants, look for items on the menu that are grilled, boiled, baked, or steamed. They tend to be healthier than foods such as something fried. Usually restaurants serve huge portions...never eat the whole thing in one sitting! Take some home. Also, don't be fooled that salad is always the healthiest. A lot of times, there are so many ingredients such as meats, cheeses, or sometimes nuts that can add to the calories and fat. Many salad dressings can be fattening or high calorie. The best way to eat your salad and control the amount of dressing you eat, is to have your dressing on the side, rather than mixed into the salad. Dip your fork into the dressing, than poke it into the bite of salad. You get just the right amount dressing.

I hope this helped you out. There is so much more I could tell you but this would go on forever. I can give you more suggestions and tips if you like. Just email me at email_kayleen@yahoo.com if you have any questions or would like more tips.
Source(s):
Personal experience/research, my doctor, Bally Total Fitness/Bally personal trainer
do me a favor..check out my profile and notice my abs.....and forget what bigfootjew told you. thats way too much information. jump rope, do wind sprints, take a spining class but at least 4 days a week do cardio that will burn fat...you can do all sorts of exercies for abs. go on line and check them out. crunches are absolutly useless though.

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