The important thing here is the difference between fat and muscle. Muscle weighs 2.94 times as much as fat, so the thing here is, do you want to weigh less, or be thinner. If you simply wish to be thinner, then exercise, especially the abdominal area. Doing this will cause your body to burn the fat off and using the energy it makes from burning the fat off, it will create muscle in its place. It's possible to gain weight by doing this, while getting skinnier at the same time. If you actually wish to weigh less, then you need to form a diet that involves little to no sugar, carbs, or fat (this includes oils).