How much do you consider average? What is your height bone structure and bust size?
All of those are going to be factors in what you want to look at.
Now, I am 17, love munching at night and wanted to tone up. I have a wider bone structure, large bust size, but was at 167lbs about a week ago.
Today, I am at 160lbs, completely on my own. no pills. not fancy equipment, no personal trainer, no working out 24/7 no being told what to do.
I am going to tell you how I did it and plan to keep going and I invite you to ask me anything you need.
What I eat:
low calorie diet. this just means I want to keep a meal to under 200 calories.
low sugar diet.
avoiding bad processed foods and eating good ones
--- that means eating whole multi grains opposed to white. you find these in bread, cereal pasta and it's my biggest problem because I love bread!
--- it also means looking at the nutritional information, go for low cal, low fat, low sodium.
Breakfast. it will boost your metabolism for the rest of the day!
nothing after dinner. eating right before bed isn't good for you. I try to eat desert before dinner, like a popsicle or something.
avoid drinking pops or juices and things. even vitamin water has way too many calories
Of course, the fridge and cupboards scream my name at night! and all I want to do is eat (even when your not hungry-hungry, you just really have the munchies!)
So what I try to do is
1. drink some water, you need it anyway.
2. brush teeth. it's a lot more gross to eat right after that.
3. talk to someone. it's hard to eat and talk on the phone.
The last thing I do, because drinking water all the time would probably make me go completely insane, is I like to drink Fuze Shape drinks. the one I like tropical punch. and only 15 calories. but it has an added bonus. Chromium and Vitamin C!
Chromium is awesome, because it helps your body metabolize carbohydrates and fats.
The next thing I do, is make sure I work out a little. I looked hard into finding some very effective things to target my stomach and legs. you need to build muscle, because muscle burns calories faster than fat.
Stomach.
1. bicycle crunches (3 sets of 16 reps)
2. exercise ball crunches (3 sets of 16 reps)
3. vertical leg crunches (3 sets of 16 reps)
Legs.
1. lunges (3 sets of 12 reps)
Cardio.
1. walking my dogs 2 miles twice a day (roughly)
I also occasionally go to the gym. and try to do something fun like going to the pool.