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  JoAnne lost 55 lbs.   "I'm So Confident Now!" By Rachel Aydt for Prevention.com After her marriage fell apart, Joanne G. dusted off a pile of old workout videos--and lost 55 pounds. STATS - Age: 41 Height: 5'4'' Weight now: 129 pounds Weight then: 184  Pounds lost: 55 How'd she do it, her story is truly incredible but don't forget that each of us has our own way. It only matters that you do it and get started because exercise is a daily part of a fit life. Find the exercise you like and then stick with it. Don't forget to mix it now and again, to keep you interested....


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Now we look at sculpting your core with our belly-flattening moves, here is the continuation the "Walk Off the Belly Fat" by By Selene Yeager with Prevention.com writing at MSN Health and Fitness.  "Walking can help you lose fat, but to really pull in your waist and flatten your belly, you need to strengthen the muscles that support your core," says celebrity trainer Valerie Waters of Brentwood, Calif., author of Red-Carpet Ready. Key among these: the deep transverse abdominals, which act like a corset to hold your waist in and support your spine. Because there's no floor work and no equipment...


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Then get moving, move those feet and move them fast and move them everyday. Studies show that walking is one of the best ways to shed belly fat. Why does it work so well? It appears to help reduce deep belly fat (called visceral fat) first, explains Tim Church, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University. "If you exercise enough to lose 10 percent of your body fat, you may actually reduce visceral fat by 30 percent," says Church. All walking burns belly fat, but for best results, crank up your weekly MET (metabolic equivalent) hours—the...


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Detour long-term problems related to stress by walking says Prevention via AOL Health. "Of course, when you're under pressure, whatever its source, going for a walk may be the last thing on your mind. You're not the only one who feels that way. When researchers tracked the exercise habits of 82 women for 8 weeks, they found that the women worked out less often during weeks that were filled with stressful events. At those times, exercise was "just one more thing to do."  We all feel stress and life can sweep over you in a flash so lace up those walking shoes and head for the door. How about...


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