Did you know just last month alone 460,260  wanted to lose belly fat.  How about you?

Stop. You don’t need pills. Yes, that’s right – you don’t need magic pills. Keep your money in your pocket.

You may have bought an ab machine from an infomercial that claimed to give you abs in 60 seconds and now after a week of 60 seconds worth of exercise you still can’t seem to find your abs.  Let me tell you are not alone. In fact there are another 460,260 people according to google’s  search tool, that are looking for an answer just like you. 

With so much hype and mis-direction on how to lose belly fat what advice do you take?

 

When you decided that you wanted to drive, you took the necessary actions to make that happen. i.e you sat for your drivers licence, you took driving lessons. And with patience, practice and time you passed and you successfully earned your drivers license.  The same concept applies if you want to lose belly fat. Spot reduction is a myth, but that’s another in depth topic we will cover in anther post with proven studies. But,

 

What you can do right now, that’s right  – today is make a decision. Small simple changes in your every day routine can help you lose belly fat.

 

Below are some simple little tricks you can do to help you lose weight all over. (Hint- it has been proven that the first place you will lose weight is around your belly) . Stick to these simple guidelines for 2 weeks and you will see that to lose belly fat isn’t as difficult as you may have thought.

 

You will find that these small foundational changes in your daily habits are a healthy exchange for your body.

 

1.     Get focused. This is your mental exercise.  Baby steps first – dedicate a day to yourself and sit down with pen and paper (or coloured pens) and make notes. What type of notes? This is the fun part. Start to write down how you will feel when you have lost the belly fat. Describe in detail what it feels like to be thin around the belly and describe the feeling you have when you look into the mirror each morning and all you see is a slender new you. Put your thoughts down on paper. (Hint: You must write in the present tense. i.e. I feel fantastic now that I am wearing my size 6 jeans and there is no sign of a muffin top. I feel great now that I have a flat belly). You are planting seeds. This process will be very beneficial later on.

 

2.     If you catch the bus, train or subway, get off a few stops earlier than your original destination.  If you drive to work try and park your car a few extra blocks further away from your office. This routine will force you to get that a little extra work out for  the day.  (Hints: If you work in an office male or female, take an extra pair of shoes with you and change them when desired) (makes walking easier).

 

3.     What are you drinking during the day? Water, tea, coffee, fizzy drinks?  Gradually swap green tea for coffee and swap water for fizzy drinks. You should try and drink at least a couple of litres of water a day. At first you will notice you want to go to the toilet a lot. The reason for this is because your body hasn’t been hydrated for a long time. (that is if you have been avoiding water). Once your body becomes hydrated this feeling with subside and slowly, slowly you will enjoy drinking water.  (Hint: If at first you can’t drink plain water squeeze a little lemon or lime. Also if you are drinking tap water, you may not like the taste- switch to bottled water, you will notice a substantial difference)

 

4.     Are you eating 5-6 small meals a day? You may want to split your meals up into smaller meals and spread them out throughout the day. This will help with your metabolism and fat burning.  Be mindful of what you are eating. Take some time and evaluate what your daily food input is.  Are you eating fried foods? You may want to opt for grilled, steamed or boiled foods and notice the difference in your belly.

 

5.     Eat your larger meal at lunchtime. This way you will have plenty of time to digest  and try and eat too late.  You don’t want to consume the larger meals at night because this will in turn lead to excess energy stored which means that will turn to fat.

 

6.     Take the stairs instead of the lift. You want to move your body as much as possible. It won’t take you any more time than if you were waiting for the lift to come down from the top floor. You will probably get there sooner as well. This will give you a boost of cardio vascular activity. Short boosts of energy.

  

Six simple steps to get you closer to lose belly fat.  What about diet and what about exercise you may ask, let’s just take one small step at a time. We will reveal in detail articles about diets and exercise.  For now we concentrate on simple steps.

  

With these simple six steps, proper nutrition and exercise you will discover that losing belly fat wasn’t that difficult at all.