So you want to shrink belly fat.
Time to crash diet and hit the floor for a zillion crunches, right? Absolutely NOT.
Abdominal exercises and crash dieting is not the way to achieve this and is certainly not the most enjoyable--way to burn tummy fat.
You have to lose overall body fat to trim your midsection.
This article will show you 3 ways you can shrink belly fat and 3 common mistakes that most people make that won't do you any good.
Too many of the wrong calories, not choosing the right healthy foods and not doing exercises properly will put a HALT on your fat loss progress.
1.
Avoid Liquid Calories Fruit drinks and energy drinks are very high in calories.
Some of these energy drinks have as much caffeine as 14 cans of soda and some drinks don't even label caffeine on them.
Don't compromise your nutrients in healthy foods for the empty calories and caffeine in energy drinks and high calories in fruit drinks.
It much better to eat the fruit not the drink.
2.
Stay Far Away From Fast Food.
Get rid of anything in your diet that is non-nourishing.
Basically anything that comes in a package.
Most are high in calories, sodium and likely to be low in nutrition.
Fast food is nutritionally low and will make you hungry faster.
This will result in eating more calories.
It will take more fast food to fill you up and it places a huge stress on your digestive system.
This leads to a sluggish metabolism.
This will put a halt on your weight loss goals.
There are healthy foods that will help your metabolism work at an optimal level.
To lose belly fat fast you need your metabolism to speed up as as much as possible.
One way is changing the way you eat and what you eat.
3.
Eat Lots of Protein.
It is important to eat protein in EVERY meal.
It builds muscle tissue which burns fat and boosts your metabolism.
Also, Protein tends to fill you up.
To shrink belly fat; eat healthy protein like...
tuna, salmon, eggs, almonds, cottage cheese, among others.
4.
Eat Lots Of Fiber.
Fiber keeps you feeling healthy and feeling full.
It will help with all the protein you are eating to move it through your body.
Some great foods high in fiber are fresh fruits, fresh Veggies, whole grain breads and pastas, beans and nuts.
Most Americans only consume about 10 grams a day.
We need to consume about 25 to 35 grams a day.
5.
Dramatically Decrease Carbohydrates.
Your body does not really need many carbohydrates! Low-carbohydrate nutrition is the most-effective way of shedding pounds of fat from the body.
When you do eat carbs, it is important to eat complex carbohydrates.
Foods that are high in fiber.
This not only detoxifies your body but the fiber is less calories and fills you up without the fat.
Replace white bread or white rice with whole grains and brown rice.
Stay away from simple carbohydrates like sugary snacks, biscuits, muffins and other foods with refined sugars.
Stack up on fresh fruits and vegetables.
6) Be consistent with your workouts.
You don't have to spend hours in the gym or at home to shrink belly fat.
Your workouts need to be intense.
You don't want to be one of those people working out and reading the morning paper.
It should be intense to the point where you are coming out of your "comfort zone".
Workout doing interval training.
When you exercise with intervals and weights, your body uses far more calories in the hours AFTER exercise than it would if you did traditional cardio and lifted lighter weights.
If you haven't heard of this already, Interval training is a highly effective cardiovascular workout where you can burn twice the amount of fat in half the time.
An example on interval cardio training would be to take the intensity up on your workout for around 1-2 minutes whether it is fast walking, cycling, running or boxing to the point where you feel like you are 'Out of your comfort zone' and then let your heart rate come down again.
This should be repeated around 5-10 times for around 30-45 minutes.
Stay consistent, make small steady changes and say good-by to your belly fat.
Watch yourself transform.
Great Success to you all.