Stubborn belly fat - how to remove it from your list of Top 10 New Year's Resolutions?

Reducing belly fat remains one of the most difficult Top 10 New Year's Resolutions for many people and it is amazing how it continues to be in the list year in, year out.

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...

What you need are three simple steps - Mindset, Nutrition and Workouts.

Let's tackle Mindset/Motivation. Now almost everyone who failed to get rid of belly fat and take it off their list of Top 10 New Year's Resolutions did not do this correctly. Remember this is the most important step.

Let's do this immediately:

1.Imagine exactly what you want (such as how energized you want to feel, how you want your body to look etc)

2.Have a burning desire to do the things 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.

Now if you have been eating foods with healthy labels such as low fat, low sugar, diet or slim and think you are doing a mighty fine job of eating healthily, then you are in for a rude shock. These so called "health foods" are nothing more than a marketing gimmick to ride on the health trends. They are still processed foods and no less unhealthy as those without these labels (and way more expensive too).

And whatever you do, just give fast foods a fast getaway. Don't eat them. Your healthy eating starts at the grocery store and the more you educate yourself about food labels, the better off you are. Watch out for transfats and give it a wide berth.

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.

Most people have the mistaken idea that a great workout means long cardio exercises. Heck most fitness trainers told you so too. However, long cardios are not the ideal workout if you want to lose fat, which is what you need to do if you want to reduce belly fat. Cardios gives you constant heart rate which is not good for burning fat. You need workouts that give you a range of heart rates instead.

I give you an example of a great fat burning exercise. If you do a quick round of skipping for say 30 seconds, slow down to recover your breath and go at it again, you will lose way more fat then long hours of cardio. And the best part is you only need ten to 15 minutes of this intense workout to burn fat and get rid of belly fat.

One more thing is that you need to constantly motivate yourself. One way to do it is to have different types of exercises. There is nothing worse than doing the same exercise every time. What you can do is just swap skipping for swimming or sprinting or stairs climbing. Do different exercises on different days to have variety and keep your motivation.

That's all you need folks. Just 3 simple steps to beat those stubborn belly fat and strike it off from your Top 10 New Year's Resolutions list this year!

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