Fitness Gear: Ways to Reduce Fat around the Abdomen

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Monday, November 24, 2008

It takes years to develop those “spare tires” around the abdomen; therefore shedding all that fat is not going to be all that easy. Fat around the abdomen is the first sign of weight gain, and both men and women, especially post delivery women, see fat accumulating around the abdomen. Shedding that fat will take a regular and concentrated effort. You will therefore have to be patient and disciplined. Besides making you un-presentable, excess fat around the abdomen leads to several ailments, especially those affecting the gall bladder and heart.

Here are some ways to reduce abdominal fat

Exercise: Remember that although some exercises target the abdomen area, fat shedding happens uniformly all over the body, and not only around the abdomen. Exercises that target the stomach are good and help firm and tone the abdomen and they include crunches and knee-ups. However, in order to burn fat aerobic exercises are a must. Jogging, swimming and cycling are some great aerobic exercises that can help you lose weight. Sport activities such as basketball and football give you a total body fat-burning workout, having a great impact on your abdomen. Stair climbing can be done as a part of your daily routine, and helps reduce abdominal fat, apart from other benefits.

Diet: Your breakfast can consist of orange juice, a bowl of wheat cereal in skimmed milk, toast made from brown bread, and egg whites. Your lunch could consist of a low-salt soup, baked lean meat or fish, a vegetable dish and lots of fruit. Dinner is best eaten at 6:30 or 7:00 pm and can consist of a clear chicken or vegetable soup low in salt, a cup or two of rice with fish or chicken and salad. You can eat an apple or a pear at bed-time. Remember to eat lots of green vegetables, fiber and wheat bran as it will provide your system with the required roughage. Keep saturated fats and saturated carbohydrates to the minimum.

Above all you must focus on getting healthy and looking healthy. Following the above tips will not only help you to reduce abdominal fat but also improve your digestive system, eliminate toxins and increase your energy levels.

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