Reply from michelle, Age 15 - 5/28/01 - IP#: 12.75.143.221

try running like 2 miles every other day. take them slow at first and try not to stop. because if you stop then you will make it harder to start again. Once you get the 2 miles down work up to 2 and 1/2 to 3 miles. If you run them on the road or not on a track it doesn't get as boring. I was exactly like you and I ran for about 4 weeks and I lost about 15 pounds. You need to also make sure that you eat healthy. try to cut back on the sweets to 1 a day. and eat like 2 fruits a day. eating fruits helps your energy because it has natural surgar to get you going not surgar that is going to give you energy for a little bit then quit. make sure that you eat every meal. breakfast is very important! that is how you start to burn the calories. and when i got done running i usually wasn't hungry for like 2 hours so don't eat unless you have an appetite. do not eat because you think you are hungry. and when you eat once you think that you are full stop for about 10 minutes. then after that if you are still hungry then eat a little more. 10 minutes lets the food in your stomach settle. also once you are done running do 50 crunches in the middle 50 off to the right and 50 to the left it will help you slim down too. I hope that this helps. :)