Lose That Belly Fat Basics

Lose That Belly Fat Basics

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Lose that belly fat is the message from doctors and nutritionists who have long known that belly fat, the curse of the middle aged, is a potential route to heart attacks and diabetes. If you want to lose that belly fat, it isn’t just going to be a walk in the park. It is not impossible but you will need to buckle down to a bit of serious exercise and watch your diet.

Information about correct nutrition is widely available but we tend to read the bits we like and ignore the rest. But if you want to lose that belly fat here are a few basics that will help in achieving your goal:

• Avoid fried foods. They feed straight into the belly and stay there.
• Crash diets don’t work. They might take off a bit of excess in a hurry but they put it back again just as quickly.
• Sodas blow you up like a balloon. Skip the sodas and over time just this alone will help you to lose that belly fat.
• The same goes for beer. Everything in moderation is the key here. One or two, if you must, but eight or nine is a definite no no. Well, you do want to lose that belly fat, don’t you?
• Cakes, pastries, fatty, sugary foods should be cut right back if you want to lose that belly fat.
• Replace butter and margarine with olive oil and eat avocados in moderation. They replace bad oils with good. They help to reduce cholesterol. They give satisfaction and help you painlessly to lose that belly fat.
• Add oat bran to your morning cereal. This miracle food helps reduce bad cholesterol. It fills you up and helps prevent mid morning hunger pangs.
• Add nuts and seeds to your diet. Their slow absorption keeps you satisfied for longer. Almonds, pistachios, brazil nuts, and seeds of all kinds are good. But limit the quantity to a handful of nuts a day. Moderate quantities are good for you. Excess in anything won’t help you to lose that belly fat.
• Dark chocolate with a cocoa butter content of 70% or more is your reward for good dietary behaviour. Have a piece, have two.
• All over body workouts are better than crunches and ab curls. Think walking briskly till your heart rate increases and you feel just a little puffed. You should still be able to talk as you walk fast. Try swimming and aqua aerobics, step and other aerobic exercises, dust the rust off and get on that bike if you seriously want to lose that belly fat.

There is no quick way to lose that belly fat. Small changes to your diet and exercise routine, even if it is walking up a flight of stairs when you would normally take the escalator, changing vegetable oils for olive oil and peanuts for chips, all of these will help over time. And the best of it is, you will start to enjoy the changes as you feel fitter and healthier. It will be worth the small effort it takes to lose that belly fat – for good.

via ahealthblog.com

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