[cutietootie97]

I learned these great tips from my brother who has a major isn exercise physiology--The best way to loose weitght is to figure out your maxium heart rate, and then maintain 50-60% of that while your working out. Here is how you do that:
(from Runners World)
If you are new to running, or only want an approximation of your maximum heart ate, you can use the formula of 214 - (0.8 x age) for men and 209 - (0.9 x age) for women.

Unfortunately for 5-10 per cent of the population, this figure can be wrong by up to 24 beats per minute. A better way to find your max is to do a running test.

Run evenly as fast as you can for three minutes (ideally on a treadmill), resting with two or three minutes gentle running, then repeating the fast three minutes. During your second run you should get a higher maximum reading than with any other method – although you or a helper should use a heart rate monitor to take readings throughout the interval, because your pulse may peak before the finish.

Also in order to start burning fat you need to exercise at this rate for longer then 30 min. It takes 30 min before you body starts to accept the change and process that your going through.
Eat something with protein and fiber in the morning, to make you feel full and keep you full longer. Also eating your meals backwards is helpful, eat more for breakfast, less at lunch and then signifigantly less for dinner, It takes 2 hours before your body starts to digest the food you eat, so in the day your burning more then you do at night. This is especially so if you are a late eater and are not very active at night. If you eat a big meal at 7 or 8 sit around and watch tv and then go to bed @ 10 your barely giving your body the chance to work off those calories that you have just eaten--so make it lighter at dinner time for sure oh and drink lots of water....

Ps...I'm looking for a weight loss buddy if your interested!