If you are not comfortable running, hop on an elliptical.
If you really want to lose weight, you have to burn calories....a pound of body fat has approximately 3,000 calories. So to lose a pound, you have to burn 3,000 more calories than you consume.
The more out of breath you are when you work out, the faster you are burning calories (increase in respiration corrosponds to increase in metabolic consumption). Also, not to insult your intelligence, the longer you work out, the more calories you burn. But it isn't all upfront. If you do a (hard) aerobic workout for an hour, you will burn a lot of calories upfront, but you will also boost your metabolism which will continue to burn extra calories for you during the rest of the day.
Force yourself to get on a treadmill or elliptical for an hour. Go whatever pace puts you out of breath but can be maintained. You will probably be sore and tired afterwards, for the first couple times. After that, you will still feel a little tired when you finish, but you will find that you feel much better (those endorphins kicking in) overall and it won't be such a chore anymore.
Lifting weights can also help, though aerobic excercise really needs to be the backbone of whatever you do.
Oops, didn't realize the thread had progressed so much.
To respond to your last post: That's normal. Your body will adapt, and as long as you give it some fuel, it can burn fat without any serious hunger issues.
Every time I have gone long periods of time without food, my body sort of settles into a routine. It is only when I am used to eating large meals all the time that I really get hungry, unless I have been doing some serious work.
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