SHRINK YOUR TUMMY TO YOUR LIKINGS...TIPS 1) Cut the sugar. It’s in your soda (are you seriously still drinking that stuff?). It’s in your bread. It’s in your ketchup, your ranch dressing, and in your Miracle Whip. It’s in your breakfast, lunch and dinner in obscene amounts, especially if you’re eating processed food. Processed food and tummy shrinkage don’t mix. While you might have friends who eat like crap and still maintain your physiques, you should be so kind as to remind yourself that “eating like crap” has not worked for you, hence the tummy. Be honest with yourself – read your labels and assess where the sugar is coming from, and start cutting where you can. (This usually means you have to start embracing clean eating, especially since if you’re working hard but eating crap, you’re not changing your body… you’re only preventing a bad situation from getting worse.) 2) It’s not crunches that’s gonna burn that tummy; it’s cardio. Crunches are what you do to strengthen your back, neck, and abdominal muscles. They’ll give you a six-pack, but they won’t rid your belly area of any fat unless your heart rate is sky high for an extended period of time while you’re doing them. You’ve got to burn fat, and fat burn is something that comes exclusively from aerobic activity. So, your Zumba classes, your CrossFit classes, your race training, your quiet time on the recumbent bike? Those are fat-burning activities that’ll shrink your middle. (And, while there’s no such thing as being able to burn fat in only one particular spot, you can rest assured that cardio coupled with a sugar-light lifestyle will make a huge difference. 3) Natural fiber is so necessary. I’m serious. If you’re not going number 2 at least once daily, then you should expect to have a distended belly. Everything you’re eating is backed up in there! This isn’t a green light to take laxatives or use other unhealthy methods of “colon cleansing;” instead, look at this as encouragement to eat fresh vegetable salads, or enjoy nice, pulpy, fibrous fruits. They’re ten times more enjoyable, full of naturally-made fiber, and will also help with your skin nutrient-wise, so that it’s better equipped to come back naturally. 4) Lastly, you must drink water, and possibly give up the other stuff. Water helps your body flush out toxins, and move waste out of your system. Fiber without water makes for a very painful, ahem, process. A full water regimen helps not only your internal organs, but also your hair, skin and nails. Even more, drinking an excess of water also helps ensure that you’ll drinking less of some other things that you probably shouldn’t, ahem, be drinking at all. If you’re a processed food lover, a heavy drinker, a person with insane eating habits, or someone who’s just getting started with clean eating, these four tips will get you where you’re going on the tummy front.
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:34:14 +0000
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