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Are you in your 40s and having trouble with weight loss? The first step is to start a routine. Figure out what days and what times work for you and devote that time strictly to exercising. Try not to let anything or anyone distract you during this time.

Secondly, start slow and gradually progress to longer, harder workouts over time.

Sixty down and many more to go! Are you in your sixties and searching for some new ways to lose or maintain your weight? Diet is the most important factor in these efforts. Try to limit your fat consumption and focus on smaller portion sizes. I recommend eating five or six small meals a day rather than three large ones. Eating six meals a day is rather time consuming, but worth it if you have time.

Also, I feel that balance and stability is vital for your age. Thus, I recommend Yoga and Pilates. Yoga improves your posture, endurance, flexibility, balance, sleep, joint range of motion, and many other benefits as well. Try engaging in a Yoga class for 30 to 60 minutes a day for two to three days a week.

Sandra Bullock opens up to InStyle Magazine in the March 2009 issue. The interview included questions from readers and fans, one asking how she stays in shape.

The actress reminded that it’s her job to do so.

“People ask, ‘How do actresses do it?’ Um, they pay us to do this in order to look good on film. I do Pilates, kickboxing, weight training. When I’m in Austin, I run or ride a bike. If I can work out every day, I will. But there are times when I won’t do anything for two weeks, and I’m like, ‘You know what? I talk enough to burn calories.’”

Susan Lucci uses the Malibu Pilates Chair for workouts.

Susan Lucci appeared on two television shows yesterday- All My Children, where she’s played Erica Kane for 40 years, and Rachael Ray, where she told the audience her fitness secrets.

It’s not really news that she’s a petite and trim woman, but she works hard to maintain that figure. She says during Dancing with the Stars, where she had practices throughout the week and two performances, her dance instructor encouraged her to eat 3,000 calories each day. “I got to eat everything that wasn’t nailed down,” she said. The trade-off was that Lucci had to get into what might be the best shape of her life to compete. She learned the dancer’s strength training tool – pilates. She’s still using it, and said she uses a Malibu Pilates Chair. She said this approach incorporates cardio with a traditional pilates workout. She says you’ll be strengthening your core, as well as “lengthening, toning, sculpting really long, sexy lean muscles.”

You can see Susan Lucci on the Home Shopping Network February 2.