How to lose belly fat, and abs are not the answer

Are you trying to lose that annoying belly fat? I’m sure you’ve heard that crunches and crunches are the way to go, because those exercises make use of the abdominal muscles. However, while it’s absolutely true that sit-ups will strengthen your abdominal muscles and make you stronger in that area, and you may appear leaner because your enhanced muscles hold fat better, this doesn’t actually reduce belly fat itself.

For a complete and lasting solution on how to lose belly fat, we need to look at how the body works and how it is capable of losing weight. The simple fact is that if you are going to lose weight, from any part of your body, you need regular exercise. The fact that the most obvious and visible area of ​​excess fat on your body is your belly does not alter this fact. When you don’t exercise enough or overeat for a long period of time, one of the areas that naturally shows this excess more than others is the belly. Similarly, if you start exercising and lose weight, it will disappear faster from the same belly area. So no special “abs exercises” needed, just healthy exercise!

In addition to exercise, diet plays a key role in weight gain or loss. You can exercise but still find you are gaining weight if you are eating too poorly or too much. Therefore, both exercise and diet are necessary to get the full effect. You need to adjust your diet so that you are burning more calories than you are taking in, at this point you start to “burn” the calories stored as fat in your body. Obviously, changing your diet to reduce the number of calories consumed helps, as does reducing the actual amounts of food you eat if you’ve been eating excessive amounts.

The key to losing belly fat is quite simple, and there really is no secret or special program: exercise and eat less (and eat well). So the two key action points are to first reduce the calories you eat, with either smaller amounts of food or foods with fewer calories. Second, every day perform some physical exercise. Do this and you will lose that belly fat!