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Stubborn Belly Fat – How To Finally Remove It From Your Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions List
Stubborn belly fat – how to remove it from your list of Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions?
Indeed, get rid of belly fat is definitely one of the most difficult Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions and it never seems to fall off the top 10 list for most people.
So instead of saying losing weight why am I saying get rid of belly fat instead? The reason is this: a flat ab or six pack abs is an indicator of how fit you are – you will not have great abs if you are not fit. Hence, if you focus on getting rid of your belly fat, you will inevitably also lose weight.
Alright, so is there a way to really remove get rid of belly fat from our Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions list?
Of course there’s a way…
You need three steps. These are Mindset (M), Nutrition(N) and Workouts (W) in the order of priority. I called it the MNW principle.
The first one is the most important step – Mindset. Most people failed to reduce belly fat and remove it from their Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions list because they fail in this step.
Go ahead and do this now:
1.Picture exactly the things you desire (think about how you want to feel, how you would like to look..)
2.Really want what you are going to do
3.Precisely write down what needs to be done (the time frame for achieving your goals, amount of time needed each week, the nutritional changes you need to make)
4.Really believe that your goals are achievable
Once your mindset is set right, you have to deal with nutrition next. Understand this – nutrition is much more important than your exercises. Why you might ask? Well simple put, if all you eat are junk foods, there is absolutely no workouts out there that can remove the junk you put in.
The best thing you can do about nutrition is to eat natural foods.
Processed foods are the culprits in bad nutrition. Just eat natural foods like fresh vegetables and fruits, nuts and meats.
Anything that is processed, even if they are labelled “health foods” are to be avoided as much as possible. These so called “health foods” may be labelled diet, low-fat, low sugar and slim but there is really not as healthy as they are made out to be.
Most importantly of course, avoid fast foods. Also read food labels when you are shopping for groceries and don’t buy anything with transfats in it.
Once you are more conscious of what you eat, you can then focus on your workouts. Now most people have the wrong idea of what a great workout is supposed to be. You need to reprogram your mind for this.
A great workout is not those long boring cardio workouts that many fitness trainers ask you to do. A good workout to lose fat must instead gives you a range of heart rates, not the constant rate that cardios do.
So what is a good fat burning workout? Skipping. If you skip fast for say 30 seconds and take a rest to recover your breathing and skip fast again for another 30 seconds, you will be burning a lot more fat than extended cardio workouts. The great thing about it is that you only need ten to 15 minutes of this intense workout to do the trick.
You also need variety in your exercises. Most people stop exercising because they just got bored. Make it fun by having a variety of exercises. You can easily substitute skipping for sprinting or swimming or even stairs climbing. Variety is essential to keep your motivation strong.
Yes it is as simple as that. Just 3 steps to reduce belly fat and meet one of your goals in your Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions!