The market is saturated with low-fat, low-carb and sugar-free foods. More than half of all American adults are overweight despite all latest fitness machines, magic pills and fad diets that promise to melt away the pounds out there today.

For true weight-loss success, health experts stress the importance of changing your lifestyle for the long term and exercising regularly. Here are some creative ways to make fitness fun again and help you win the battle of the bulge once and for all.

Go on a "healthy" vacation. Make fitness part of your travels. Start with a little pampering say at a spa where you can also go hiking, rock climbing, enjoy kickboxing, water arobics and yoga.

* Walk or run for a good cause. Maybe all the motivation you'll need to start a regular fitness routine is to begin training for a 5K charity walk or run. The best thing is you'll be helping your favorite chairty by helping them meet their goals as well.

* Dance. Join a hip-hop or even ballroom dance class. It's a great way to shed the pounds, learn how to dance and have fun.

* Strip the weight away. Carmen electra's new DVDs help you spice up your workout routines while providing a fun way to tone your body without ever leaving the comfort and privacy of your own living room.

"Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease" and "Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease - Fit to Strip" are fast becoming wildly popular. With the help of fitness experts, Electra teaches viewers how to trim down with high- and low-impact dance and fitness techniques. You can tone your abs, hips, buns and thighs by doing these strengthening moves. Some of the special features on the DVDs include workout tips and a pop-up video display and a customizable music track.

Try Pilates. Find out what makes Pilates the workout of choice for countless celebrities, and why your gym's Pilates classes are always full. The "MTV: Pilates Mix" DVD, hosted by renowned Pilates and yoga instructor Kristin McGee, is perfect for those who want to add a more cutting-edge beat to their workout. The two half-hour DVD workout sessions shows you how to tone your abs, legs and arms with a mucis mix that motivates you to get and work out.

The DVDs are available online and in stores nationwide.

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