Q: Start to take note of your daily activity and diet. Learn your starting weight and begin to think of a goal weight. Talk to a doctor. You shouldn't make any drastic changes before you check with your health care provider. Along with a doctor, you can find a dietician or trainer to help you in this process. Any of these people can run tests to make sure you're healthy enough to begin a new diet change or new workout regimen. Learn how many calories you're consuming per day. There are many helpful sites to get you started: SparkPeople is free and easy for beginners. Make a tangible goal. Don't just think "I want to be super skinny." Instead, set a goal of "I want to lose 30 pounds." Your doctor can help you determine if you're goals are obtainable and good for your health. After seeing your doctor, sit down and make a plan to fit your lifestyle that will help you lose weight. Buy a journal and rediscover the diet changes and exercise goals you discussed with you doctor. Make sure your goals are tangible, and fill the journal with anything that will help you reach them. Know how many calories you need to burn. In order to lose a pound a week, you need to burn 3,500 more calories than you take in during the week. Therefore, you need to either burn or cut out 500 calories a day. This can come from simple changes, such as smaller portions, or cutting sugary drinks out of your diet. Calories are listed on the side of everything that you buy at the grocery store. Start with some simple changes. Choosing the stairs over the elevator is an easy fix to help you burn calories during the day. If you find yourself sitting for hours on end, take a break and take a walk around the office or house. This will help you burn calories and keep your metabolism awake without breaking a sweat and are key in getting super skinny. Wearing a fitness tracker can help you keep track of how many calories you burn throughout the day. Fitbit, Garmin, and Jawbone are some of the best and easiest fitness trackers available. Come up with some kind of reward system to help keep you motivated. Reward yourself. For every pound lost, place a dollar amount (that you thought of ahead of time) in a jar. Once you reach a goal, spend the money on something you've been wantingmaybe a new shirt to show off your progress. Give yourself a cheat. Don't go overboard, but once you reach a goal, enjoy a bit of "forbidden food" or take a day off of working out. Create a positive body image. Even though you have goals of becoming super skinny, you should love the body that you're in the entire time. Give yourself daily body image compliments. Even if you have to start small, you'll gain confidence in your body. This will help you stay strong through the process.
A: Begin your research. Make a plan and write it down. Find your motivation.

Q: Start with short, fast panting for about 30 seconds and then do slower medium panting for another 30 seconds. Finish with 30 seconds of low, deep panting. Changing the depth of your breaths and the speed of panting will give you more control over your breathing. You should feel air moving deeply through your lungs when you do the deep panting. Learn to take deep breaths before speaking or singing so you don't run out of air in the middle of a line. Extend your arm and hold out your index finger. Take a deep breath and imagine your finger is a candle that you need to blow out 5 times. Release the breath in 5 bursts so they're equal in length and power. Doing this exercise will give energy to your breaths. This can prevent your voice from sounding flat or boring as you speak or sing. You'll damage your voice over time if you frequently speak or sing with vocal fry. Instead of making a low, creaking or rough sound based in your throat, practice bringing the sound from the front of your mouth. Take a full deep breath, bring your lips together and blow the air out of your mouth so your lips vibrate quickly or trill. Trill through your entire range and play around with the sounds you make. If you have trouble trilling, try humming instead. This will also move the sound from your throat to your mouth. Stand up and bring your shoulders back with your feet apart. Use a deep voice with a full breath to say or speak "Maaaa, mayyyyy, meeee, mowwww, mooo." This will open your voice and help you relax. You should feel the muscles in your abdomen tighten as you sing these words. Most people are familiar with practicing scales that ascend and descend along with a piano. Start with a major scale in the key of C and sing solfege notes such as "do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do," while ascending the pitches. Then decline back down to the pitch "do." Solfege scales will help you train your ear to hear and adjust your pitch. If you can, work with a professional voice instructor to make a program designed specifically for you. You can also create your own 10 to 15 minute warm-up using basic exercises that you enjoy. If you're unsure how to begin, sit or stand with your shoulders relaxed and start with this simple warm-up program: Whole body stretching (3 min) Breathing exercise such as controlled breaths (2 min) Loosen your lips and jaw by trilling or humming (2 min) Sing up and down scales or speak some of your lines (4 min)
A: Pant at different speeds to build breath control. Practice blowing out a single breath in controlled bursts. Lip trill to prevent vocal fry. Vocalize your vowels to prepare your voice. Do solfege scale exercises to improve your pitch. Develop a simple warm-up program.

Q: When your honoree arrives, you can jump out and yell surprise, but you can also add to the surprise by making a lot of noise. Give your guests instruments like whistles or shakers, or instruct them to sing or clap when the honoree arrives. Instead of the traditional surprise approach, have guests walk in on the guest of honor, instead of the guest of honor walking into the surprise. Choose a day that appears "typical" to the guest of honor, and instruct your guests to casually file in one by one. Watch your honoree glow with shock as they see the number of their loved ones arriving to honor them. If you are planning an outdoor event, surprise the honoree by showering them with items like silly string, or water from water guns or water balloons. If you are choosing the water option, make sure the party is water-themed so that the guest will dress appropriately; either have on a swimsuit or have a change of clothes handy. Consider your honoree's reaction before taking this route. Some people will not be happy about getting their clothes wet or having their hair covered with silly string. Begin serving food and drinks ahead of time. This will help detract from some of the spotlight and ease the honoree into the party more easily.
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Make as much noise as possible. Consider a quiet surprise. Use silly string or water guns. Make sure your party is in progress, when the guest of honor arrives.