How to get Body Fat Percentage from 22% to 10%.?

Right now i have a body fat percentage of a 22% how can I get this down to a 10%... perfereable by Summer. I read that the only way to get your abs visible your body fat percentage has to be at 10% or less. I am 18 about 5'8 tall, weight around 128 lb, waist is 32 in., Hips are 35 in., had a baby 15 months ago was a size 5 before now I am a size 9. I went back to the weight i was before... i did not work out to get there i just did but i wanna go back to a size 5 and i want to have a smaller waist.

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1. The food you eat should be low in calories and high in nutrients. to get your personalized recommandation fill up the form at http://wellness.atinfospark.com/herbalife/wellness/Free-evaluation.html
2. First thing- don't change how much you eat (unless it is WAY WAY to much), start out by changing what you are eating. If it comes in a diet option, try it. If you are drinking 1% milk, try skim (or the next percentage down), avoid juice (liquid calories are way to easy to consume and hard to get rid of). Second thing- Watch out for when you are eating these things, often times it is better to have smaller meals and snack throughout the day. Third thing- NEVER EAT FAST FOOD. It is essentially a slow acting poison on your body and can lead to more health problems than you can think of. Fourth thing- if you don't exercise, start out going for walks in the park or somehting, then bring it up to a light jog (once you are comfortable), then slowley bring up the intensity. Fifth thing- Evaluate everything you put in your mouth, (i.e. avoiding higher fat meats like ribs, pork.. try fish instead or dear or chicken... then general meat rule is that the fewer legs it had as an animal, the better it is for you). Also, think about what goes into you ask yourself, "Should I be eating this?" Sixth thing- You don't have to be doing all this 100% of the time, treat yourself, but recognize your priorities when it comes to it and don't let "treating yourself" get out of hand.
3. Your body fat percentage of 22% is ideal and 10% is dangerously low for a woman and can cause all kinds of health problems including absence of periods, osteoperosis, infertility, chronic fatigue syndrome to mention a few. When you read that you need 10% or less body fat for visible abs, that was referring to MEN not women. Women naturally have more body fat than man, about 8% more and this is necesssary for reproductive function and general health. So if you were to go down to say 18% body fat, you should see that definition you are looking for. In order to do this, it would be a case of losing about 6lb which will put you at the minimum healthy weight for your height, but you will also need to maintain ALL of your current lean mass by doing weight training and also consuming adequate amounts of protein. I have listed body fat percentages for women below. HTH : )