You’ve got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It’s called perseverance.

This quote comes from Lee Iacocca and is appropriate from any endevour including fat loss.

Go for it.

For fat loss, unless you are replacing a meal with a liquid meal replacement, don’t drink your calories. It is estimated that Americans drink on average 450 calories per day. Even if you are eating well, that would be enough calories to put on almost 1 lb of fat in a week. Move to drinking water and green tea and make a difference to to daily calorie intake.

Over the past few years a number of research studies have come out in support of the use of low carbohydrate eating patterns over low fat eating patterns for weight loss. One important aspect of this is that you do not need to cut carbs drastically. Instead you should consider reducing your carb intake as a percentage of your total calories. The best time to eat carbs is in the morning and during and after your workout. The other thing to be aware of is when I say carbs, I am talking about starchy carbs like bread and pasta and not vegetables. Vegetables, you should eat throughout the day.