Firm And Flatten Your Abs
A lot of exercise machines have been designed to trim your waist and without discussing
, which are credible or not, let's clear something up right here. NONE of them will work if you keep eating the same way. You got your waistline to where it is now most of all by bad eating habits. An ab exercise machine will strengthen your stomach muscles in short order, but will do virtually NOTHING for removing the fat that surrounds it presently. Surprised? You probably are because all of those ab equipment infomerciala conveniently forgot to mention this, at least until you get the product delivered.
The answer to how to firm and flatten your abs is NOT sit-ups.
I have never met anyone who can consistently do sit-ups in an effort to get in shape. Not only is it physically challenging to do, sit-ups can be the absolute worst thing for your back, neck and hips - especially people over 40. Actually, the business of promoting ab performance equipment is a huge industry, and in fact there are some really good exercise products out there and using anyone of them can help you firm and flatten your abs, but you must do the same amount of work on your diet simultaneously.
The reason for this is because your eating and drinking habits can be contributing to your expanding waistline. Think of fats and carbohydrates as deposits, essentially traveling straight to your abdomen and waist. If you cannot start to control these intakes in your diet, then you have no business thinking you are going to get those chiseled abs the movie stars have. Oh and by the way, those movie stars have a personal trainer and/or diet specialist working with them full time. They take it seriously, and so you need to as well.
So let's start with the basics. Firstly, understanding carbohydrates and how the body deals with them is imperative. The human body needs a certain amount of carbohydrates (carbs) to function properly. Carbs can be like fuel for the body, but consuming too many carbs compared to a low physical energy output can turn into a weight problem in short order. The best thing to do is start watching what kinds of foods you regularly eat. Foods with a high amount of carbohydrates include grains - especially items like white bread and pasta, and pretty much all starches like flour, corn, potatoes, rice, beans and anything sugary like coated cereals, donuts, muffins, cakes, and pastry. One of the worst culprits and hardest challenges to overcome will be your coffee habit (and teaspoons of sugar every cup).
A good way to start reducing your carbs is to simply start reducing them in your major meal of the day. Instead of chicken and potatoes, have chicken and roasted tomatoes or zucchini for example. Reduce your portion size of pasta in preference for a larger salad. And completely cut out from your diet indulgent items like pizza, french fries, soft drinks, and hamburgers. Furthermore, reduce the amount of sugar in your coffee, or the amount of coffees in a day. Start bringing bottled water to work and have that on your break instead. No one's saying go cold turkey, but start setting yourself reduction goals for these items. Instead of snacking, make sure you always have fresh apples at home and learn to appreciate their goodness as an alternative.
The other waist killer is fat. This also needs to be addressed in your diet by reducing intake of oils, fatty foods, and common spreads such as butter and margarine. These days there are several light alternatives for cooking with oils and butter, but steaming, poaching and roasting are methods you may want to try and rediscover at home as an alternative to frying. Eliminating or at least reducing any deep fried food from your menu choices is imperative too. Choose the salad or soup instead of fries or egad... mozzarella sticks - double whammy.
Bottom line is if you cannot get into these radical diet changes voluntarily then you have zero chance to firm and flatten your abs. Abdominal exercises, better diet, and regular walks, running, or skating is the real secret to awesome abs, the question is, how bad do you want them?
by: David Grisaffi
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