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How The Heck Do I Get This Belly Fat Off Even If I am Eating A Healthy DietBy: Heather Picken
Many women still find it difficult to get a flat stomach, despite their healthy eating regime.
If you are on your program for about 3-4 weeks and still haven't seen
any fat loss results, then you need to change your program.
Figuring out how many calories you are eating for a day is one of the
first things you must do. Most women I find either under or
overestimate this.
There are many programs out there where you can easily figure this out.
Simply keep a log for a day of everything that is going into your
mouth. This includes drinks like soda, coffee drinks, and alcohol.
Believe it or not these calories all add up and you could very well be
drinking your way to extra belly fat.
Which is the number one place women tend to find any excess body fat
appear due to too many calories. Particularly, if the calories are
coming from things that contain sugar like soda and coffee drinks.
One soda contains about 40 grams of sugar a day. If you were to measure
that out, it would be equivalent to 12 tablespoons of table sugar.
Alcohol, is empty calories.
Many times women will ask what is the better choice to have. Since
alcohol impairs the metabolism in losing unwanted body fat it is always
best to reduce your consumption and just realize it really comes down
to the total amount of calories.
You don’t have to give up drinking, the key is to do everything in
moderation. Especially, if you are wanting to rid yourself of the extra
belly as well as being healthy.
If you are not eating enough, which can also be the case in many women,
then your body can actually put the brakes on fat loss. Many women
believe that they must starve themselves in order to get results.
The truth is, not only does this take you away from your goal, but if
you were to add exercise to any low calorie diet, it becomes a recipe
for disaster.
Your metabolism will eventually slow down, and once you go back to
eating normal your body will rebound. The next thing you want to be
doing is to see how many times you are working out in a week.
If you are eating the right amount of calories for fat loss but you are
not working out enough then that could be the reason you are not seeing
results. At least 3-4 week of weight training is a good start. From
there you can add in additional cardio too.
You also want to make sure you are doing workouts that are effective in
stimulating fat loss. Make your exercises that you do within your
workout count. Working larger muscle groups and creating a program for
yourself that you will follow for about 3-4 weeks.
It is important to change things up after a few weeks, so that your
body doesn’t get used to it. The last thing you must do is track and
measure your results. The most effective way in tracking and measuring
your progress is to take your body fat composition. The scale is not
the best way to give you the correct feedback, since it only calculates
weight and not muscle.
A device called a calpier, measures your body fat composition, which
accounts for your lean mass and percentage of body fat that you have
lost. Also, if your clothes are looser than you know you are on the
right track, without doing any type of feedback system you will keep
spinning your wheels.
Even if you are eating healthy, it’s important to realize that there’s much more than just diet to getting results.
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