How To Lose Weight With Exercises For Your Stomach
One of the “trouble spots” when it comes to losing weight is the stomach.
In both men and women fat on the stomach can prove particularly troublesome and difficult to shift.
Slightly fat thighs or bum can be hidden with baggy trousers but as soon as you put a t-shirt on or moderately tight top of any sort even a small “pot belly” will show up.
It’s also right in front of you so you have to look at it all day long!
Well it’s time to lose weight with some stomach exercises.
But first a short physiology lesson.
Where your body stores fat is predetermined by your genetics.
Men tend to put on weight on their upper torso which if left unchecked slowly spreads into the arms, chest and neck.
Women tend to put on weight around their hips, bottoms and thighs.
The stomach is one of the most common “storage areas” for both sexes but when you lose weight, you will lose it evenly over your body.
That is, there are no exercises and no diets that will specifically help you lose weight in your stomach.
The good news on the other hand is that any effective diet and fitness program will help you lose weight all over - including your stomach.
I also have a couple of sneaky tips to give you in a few minutes to speed up the results you’re looking for but first let’s fly through a quick whistle-stop tour of a program I have used to reduce the size of my belly by 6 inches in 3 months - quite an impressive result I think you’d agree.
I ate six small meals a day rather than 3 larger meals. This helps “ration” calories so there is less excess in your body that can be stored in the fat cells.
I lived on high quality protein and carbohydrates with some vegetables and plenty of fresh water and completely cut out the things that we all know are bad for us - no cheese, no full fat milk (skim milk is OK though), no doughnuts, no cake, no cookies etc.
One meal a week I would eat what I wanted. For every other meal I would stick to such staples as grilled chicken or turkey breast, pasta, brown rice, vegetables, noodles and seafood.
A standard “meal” would be a bowl of bran flakes with fruit and ice cold skim milk or crab meat and salad on a jacket potato.
That one meal a week I would have a Chinese takeaway or pizza or a few drinks in a bar with my friends. It’s easier to eat healthily when you know you’re only a couple of days away from your favorite junk food!
I also exercised 6 days a week - 3 going for a run or cycle ride and 3 lifting weights.
And here’s the trick I told you about earlier - whilst you lose weight you can make yourself appear even slimmer by working hard with weights to tone your stomach (crunches are my favorite) and also bulking up your chest and shoulders a bit which makes your stomach look smaller.
Keep this up and you’ll lose weight in your stomach in no time at all.
