At the end of the day, whilst it costs money, get yourself a proven PT. It really is the best and quickest way. You can read all you want but there is an unbelievable amount of BS on this topic. Everyone has an opinion even if they've never lifted a weight in their lives!

Do the research though and make sure you get one with a proven track record.

To be fair, if you wanted to become a concert violinist within 5 years, the first thing you'd do is get a good teacher. I believe fitness is no different.

Dude where do you get that from? Normal aerobic exercise like jogging and swimming is healthy unless you have some special problems with your body. Just do not go too intense or it becomes inaerobic.

A couple tips:

Breakfast: Eat breakfast. It will put your body into a mode of using calories instead of metabolizing current body fat and organs. If you don't your body will minimize the amount of calories it uses.

1200 calories sounds awfully scary for a male unless your about 3 feet tall. Determine your BMR in one of the MANY ways available.

Exercise: Once your body is in a mode of using calories ( Breakfast ) exercise. The amount of info available is overwhelming. I take alot of my routines from BodyRock.tv. Lets say your BMR is 2000 calories a day. If you exercise and burn 500 calories ( light exercise routine ) 5 times a week you will burn 2500 cal + deprive your body of 2500 calories off the top of your BMR. Thats 5000 calories a week. At 3500cal per pound of fat you will lose 1-2 pounds a week while building tone and strength.

The more muscle you have the more intense your workouts will become. the more intense your workouts become the more calories your burn. The more.. well you get the point.

Note that what your are doing by depriving your body of nutrients and calories is unhealthy. Provide your body with he materials it needs, then burn off the fat. Diet is even more critical for weight loss. Drink water only and stay away from processed sugars. Raw foods process better than cooked.

If you are intent on reducing your calories to dangerous levels, perhaps you should look into "Fasting". Consult your physician about a 5-7 day fast. This will eliminate toxins and shrink your stomach. Be sure to have a structured diet to begin once the fast is over or you will fall into the same unhealthy routine you had before.

Byron

You cannot assume anyone caloric needs it is completly independant, just monitor your weight and the calories you eat each day, if you can test your body fat % but beware the calipers can be off by as much as 30% as well as those awful scales, if you can get its tested by hydrastatic or bod pod.

Have I misunderstood this olie, or are you talking about not training and losing weight at the same time? That's not even on the right planet! As many others have mentioned, you cannot significantly lower your percentage of body fat without training. Dude, just train, it doesn't matter if you have to eat more to keep your body from "going into starvation mode" (being close to starvation mode is NOT healthy for you in the long run...), the point is you can't maintain muscle mass without training.

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To burn the excess fat, you can practice exercises like walking, jogging, running, elliptical exercise trainer workouts, cycling and swimming. The key factor to keep in mind is the more muscle groups you use, the more fat you'll burn.

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Get professional advice designed specifically for you. My only educated advice would be to drink a lot of water. There are no calories in water and your body needs it.

This is the best advice I can ever give

http://www.leangains.com/2010/04/leangains-guide.html

Read as much as you can on that site, I have dropped 30pounds so far, and am starting to look pretty good.