If you’re looking to get the really lean look, or you’ve decided that you want to get that ripped look – the kind that athletes, body builders and fitness professionals have – then you’ve probably come to the conclusion that you need to lose your abdominal fat.
If you’re like most people though, getting rid of that stubborn ab fat is a problem. You see, the thing with abdominal fat is that it clings to you like a bad habit. That’s because you’re fighting your body’s natural response to dieting. Getting ultra lean, like the lean you need if you want to see your abs, is not something your body is programmed to do.
In fact, it’s programmed to do the opposite. Your body wants to hold on to fat to protect itself. This is part of our human heredity, because way back when food was not always readily available, the people who survived were the ones who were able to store and access fat. And, while this is great for survival, it’s not so great for getting a six pack.
You see, those survival instincts will work against you when you’re trying to lose your abdominal fat, because your body is doing everything it can to hold on to its precious energy stores. But, you can trick your body to play along and get it to start burning that stubborn ab fat. Here’s three quick tips that will help.
1. Vary your calories every day. Try to be sure not to be consistently eating around the same number of calories each day. The ideas is to keep your body guessing. You’ll probably find it easiest to plan out your week in advance, so that each day has a different targeted calorie level.
One good weekly plan is to have 4-5 low calorie days and two higher calories days during the week. This will keep your metabolism running hot and help you burn the extra fat. Plus, it will allow you to eat some things that aren’t considered normal diet food. In other words, you can cheat on your diet and actually enjoy going out to eat or have a pizza for dinner.
2. Break your day up so that you eat 5-6 meals per day. Again, this keeps your metabolism running high and will make losing extra weight much easier. Plus, when you eat every 3 hours or so, you will have less problems with being hungry.
I’m sure we’ve all had those moments of weakness where we have broken down and ate something that we shouldn’t have. But, if you eat more frequently, you’ll feel much more satisfied while on your diet. This makes it far less likely that you will break your diet.
3. Make protein the center of every meal. Properly combined with a lower carb regimen, protein will promote the burning of fat instead of carbohydrates for fuel. And, protein will also help you retain your muscle.
One thing you often see with high carb, low protein dieters is that they often get a skinny, but soft, doughy look. Sure, they lose weight, but that weight is often both fat and muscle. This causes them to be skinny looking on the outside…But, when they take of their clothes or slip into a bikini you’ll notice with that these high carb dieters have a greater tendency to accumulate fat around the abdominal area.
To lose abdominal fat, you want to promote maximum fat burning. Therefore, protein becomes one of the staples of a fat burning diet. You should aim for about 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body weight each day. This will ensure that you get an adequate amount of protein and allow you to start burning off stubborn fat.
As you can see, these tips on how to lose ab fat are not difficult. Consistently apply these rules for a few weeks, and you will see a huge improvement in your appearance. Pretty soon, you’ll start notice that six pack popping out.
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