I like what Nancy said. That said, do I gather you have a wardrobe of special show clothes that you want to fit into, specifically?

The best exercise I have seen for losing inches for sure is Teresa Tapp's T-Tapp. It's pretty intense and tightens up your muscles as girdles. She was a fitness trainer for models and they care about inches, not pounds. I tried it for a while and it really does tighten and strengthen and make you sizes smaller.