Many of us are trying to lose weight in one way or another, especially belly fat because it can be the hardest area to lose it. However, with all of these new products, diets, methods and techniques it's so hard to find one that actually works for you, especially in the long-term.
Crash dieting and fasting, for example, is not only terrible for you, and in my opinion doesn't work, is also a very short term and dangerous solution to losing weight / belly fat.
This article focuses on how you can lose belly fat and the knowledge from the 3 tips I give below has been gained through experience and trial-and-error.
3 top tips on how you can lose belly fat:
Top Tip #1:
There are numerous foods out there on the market that are advertised as "health foods" but they have actually been cleverly and sneakily disguised as junk foods. These have the potential to stimulate your body to gain more body fat - this in turn continues to fund the diet food companies. Very sinister.
You need to start eating foods which can help you burn fat - these foods below take a lot of energy from your body to digest them which is why you'll lose more calories eating them, and they are very healthy for you:
- Broccoli
- Tomatoes
- Brown Rice
- Spinach
- Raw Peppers (all serious athletes constantly snack on these)
- Oatmeal
Just because this isn't a *magic tip* doesn't mean you should ignore these fat burning foods [http://www.rapidlylosebellyfat.com/Fat-Burning-Foods.html].
Top Tip #2:
Mundane, boring and repetitive cardio exercises are definitely not the best way to lose belly fat and reveal your stomach muscles.
A 20 minute interval training session has been proven by Japanese scientists to burn up to 10 times more calories than a 60 minute job at a consistent pace. It's all to do with shocking the body and keeping it guessing because that keeps your metabolism running sky-high. So, try doing hill sprints - all you have to do is sprint upwards on an incline (say for 20-25 seconds) and then walk down to your starting point. Do this on loop for about 10-15 minutes and you will be dripping in sweat! This completely squashes a normal jog or run in terms of calories usage. Try it today.
Top Tip #3:
Typical ab exercises such as crunches, sit ups and the use of ab machines is definitely not the best way to lose belly fat. There are much more effective full body training routines that maximise both your metabolic and hormonal response.
A great example of an exercise which burns off many calories is the use of a jump rope. Performing one jump for each turn of the rope and then two jumps for each turn will burn more calories in 10 minutes than a 30 minute jog. You will lose your belly fat doing this exercise, and it's one that I have personally seen great results from because it is so fast-paced and physical.
There are numerous techniques and exercises that will help you focus on losing belly fat and sometimes it's just a matter of experimentation, or listening to those who have already tried and tested these methods.
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