What is the best way to lose belly fat ?
What is the best way to lose belly fat?
I have been looking for a way to lose belly fat for some time now. It is my problem area. I don’t just put a lot of my fat on to my tummy, i put nearly all of it there! And i’m sure I am not the only one. Unfortunately that is down to my genetics – different people put weight on in different areas. I have a friend who is constantly struggling to lose fat on her arms – it’s an on going battle with weights, aerobics and diets. She is jealous of my arms, and I am jealous of her abs. That’s just the way it goes. So I eat too much, and I get belly fat – what can I do about it?
The best way to lose belly fat
After years of gaining belly fat, then losing it, then gaining it… you get the picture – I have found out that the only thing you can do is to not aim to lose your belly fat! Instead you must simply look at losing weight in general. It is not possible to choose an area to lose weight from. You can not aim for you arms, stomach, butt or anywhere else. When you lose weight your body pulls out fat from all around your body. You can aim to tone and put muscle on in certain areas though. If your main exercise is sit-ups, it is not going to strip that fat from your stomach – it will pull it from all over you. So the only way to lose that belly, is to lose fat all over! That might not be a bad thing!
If you start doing sit ups and crunches you are going to develop great abs! This is a good thing, but only once you lose the layer of fat that is covering your abs at the moment. Build muscle without losing fat, and all you are doing is building muscle under your fat. This is going to push out your fat slightly more, and if anything make you look a little fatter. What you need to do is tone your abs – sit ups, crunches, whatever works for you – and also do plenty of aerobic exercise! If you do both you are going to have an amazing body revealed under the fat.
So is there a best way to lose belly fat?
As I talked about in the previous section, what you need to do is aim to lose weight – any weight! Exercise is really going to help, but don’t forget to diet, or at least eat healthy, or all that exercise is not going to help you at all. Here are some handy tips to help you lose that stubborn fat!
- Lose the fried food
- Take a brisk walk everyday
- Take the stairs instead of the elevator
- Replace chips/sweets with an apple/banana
- Don’t snack after dinner (your body slows down at night so cant burn off late night snacks)
- Eat high fiber foods – they will fill you up for longer!
- Eat negative calorie foods – I dare you to try putting on weight by binging on celery!
Just remember, don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Aim to lose weight slowly by making life style changes. It’s tough to starve yourself for long!
-rebecca
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