Good Ways to Lose Belly Fat and Lose Weight
All things being equal, any human body has the potential to be slim, fit, muscular and sport those great six-pack abs. Why then are so many people overweight, doughy and anything but muscular? The answer is that we waste time on ineffective methods of diet and exercise that don’t remove those ugly rolls of fat; in fact, some of these methods may even ADD to them! It’s time to stop making excuses why you can’t lose belly fat, and finally do something to blast off those unwanted pounds. Here are three easily controlled factors that can add up to a sleek, toned belly.
1)Diet–No, I don’t mean subsist on grapefruit and plain grilled chicken for the rest of your days. But I do want you to be conscious of what you put into your body. Do you quaff can-after-can of diet soda thinking it’s much healthier for you than regular soda is? Do you drink very little water? Do you buy diet foods think that will be the solution for weight loss? Love to eat over-processed foods containing white sugar, white flour or white rice? If so, it’s time to review what goes into your body on a regular basis. You need to think of food as fuel for your body. Would your car run at peak performance levels if you pumped dirty, watered-down gasoline into its tank? Of course not! If you want that sleek, toned body with ripped abs, you need to pay serious attention to your diet. You work out effectively and lose weight if you don’t fuel your body for performance. Lose the sodas, drink plenty of water and get over-processed foods that add nothing in the way of fiber, vitamins or minerals to your diet. Go for foods in as natural a state as possible–fruits; vegetables; whole grains; heart-healthy oils such as olive and canola; and lean, unprocessed meats need to make up the bulk of your diet.
2)Give Up Low-Intensity Cardio–Love to spend hours on the treadmill or elliptical machine, but haven’t really seen any weight loss results after months of workouts at the gym? You need to switch to interval training for effective fat loss. It’s been scientifically proven to burn more fat in shorter workout sessions. What is interval training? Interval training is switching up your workouts with intensely hard burst of exercise alternated with shorter periods of moderate activity. For example, you might run as fast as you can for two minutes, slow it down for another two, then go hard again. You might only need twenty minutes of interval training to burn as many calories as you did in your old slower method of cardio.
3) Don’t be afraid of the weights–Ladies, this one is for you. Many women shy away from lifting anything but lightweight “Barbie” weights, thinking if they use heavier weights they will build large, bulky muscles like men have. Nothing could be further from the truth. Women do not have enough natural testosterone to build this type of muscle. If you see women bodybuilders with huge muscles, you can bet that they had help in the form of supplements to get that way. If you switch to heavier weights, you can build more lean muscle mass, which has the effect of kick starting your metabolism to burn more calories even when you’re at rest.
If you pay proper attention to your diet, start using interval training and lifting weights heavy enough to exhaust your muscles after 8-10 reps, I promise you that you can have that slender body with those sexy, defined abs that you’ve always wanted.
