Jesus, didn't know Cloud was capable of being such an angry fellow. Leave for a few days and everything changes...
Anyways, here's my things for weight loss. As previously mentioned, push ups and crunches are the cheapest method of working out and strengthening your muscles.
One method I use for my abs is placing a basketball between your knees, keep your hands under your back, and lift your legs (w/ the ball) up until it's at 90 degrees. Lower, and repeat. Once you get the hang of that, move the ball to your feet, and try it (much harder). I, right now, can do about 300 of those straight. (Last time I checked on an ab machine I can move somewheres close to 350lbs, so they work very well).
Secondly, to work your lower abs, you want to get in the push up position (straight body), but rest your upper body on your forearms, and keep balanced on the balls of your feet. Lift your butt up as far as you can, hold, then lower back to the flat, straight position (it's easy to cheat on these, so you must go slowly).
For your abs, you can buy grips that allow you to get deeper push ups, and strengthen your pecs faster. If you have free weights, the way I do it is simply resting a wooden board, lean back, extend your arms straight out, and draw the weights up and in in a smooth motion.
The key isn't how many reps you can do, but how smoothly and slowly you do them. Allow ample time between every set. 3-5 minutes is scientifically at least, is best.
And, as always, this is all useless if you don't do aerobic exercise. You can lift all the weight in the world and not shed any fat - I mix it up with 45 minutes of running and 45 minutes of DDR, on alternate days. Aerobic activity is the *most important part* of any exercise. I can't stress that enough.
I used to sell this stuff called Herbalife - fantastic stuff. On that alone I lost 30 lbs. And unlike that slim fast stuff, it stayed off for a good number of years (before I got into a car accident, sick, blah blah). You can pick the stuff up on eBay - it's kind of expensive, but if you stick to that, you'll get some tremendous results.
Note, that if you're doing both weight and aeorobic exercise, focus on the inches, not the pounds. You'll gain muscle mass which will offset any loss of weight - but it's the inches, not the weight that counts.
Alright, that's enough from me. Carry on.