Several months ago my mate laughed at me as I spent 10 awkward minutes heaving and ho-ing, grunting and pulling, trying to get into a pair of slacks so I could get dressed for work. I just could not get that blasted zipper to cooperate with my pot belly. I laughed too, but inwardly I was embarrassed and hurt. How could I have gained all this weight? And how could I get rid of this belly fat? Is there a simple cure to erase belly fat?
Well, if you have been in a situation like this you know how it feels to know you are overweight. The only question is what can you do to eliminate fat from around your tummy. If you are like most people you figure a few hundred crunches or starving yourself to death on a rice cake diet will do the trick.
The fact is, it actually doesn't take anything this extreme. Here are 5 tips that can lead to rapid weight loss and erase belly fat forever.
1. Create An energy Deficit - You create an energy deficit by expending more calories than you take in. Most people think that this means reducing calorie intake by eating much less. This would be a mistake because when you reduce calories significantly, you slow your metabolism which leads to fat gain.
2. Run From Anyone Who says to Reduce Dietary Fat - Believe it or not some people still shudder when they hear the words "fats". And they do all they can to remove of restrict fats from their diets. This is a big mistake.
Fall for this myth and you will definitely gain weight. While you should eliminate "certain" kinds of fats from your diet, you better know which ones to include for weight loss. I call these fats-fats that burn fat.
3. Do A Brain Dump Of All Weight Loss Gimmicks - There are literally thousands of pages diet fads and gimmicks out on the Internet, TV and radio. Banish them all. If you believe that eating just grapefruit, cabbage, pasta, popcorn, and chocolate is going to slim you down, I'll let you in on a secret. It won't!
These diets don't work because they rely on you to significantly restrict your caloric intake. You may get a temporary loss of fat, but the weight won't stay off. And any diet that severely restricts what you can eat won't be followed for very long.
4. Don't Believe the Miracle Chinese Tea or Berry Ploy - There is no magic berry or elixir that will suddenly make you thin. If there were, then nobody would be fat. Now there are some foods including some teas that can "help" you lose weight, but they are not the cure-alls that they are often made out to be.
5. Now if I told you there is a way to lose weight fast, flatten your abs, and burn fat too--all while just sitting around doing nothing, you'd think I was kidding. However, researchers at Colorado State University found that if you do a short workout routine using metabolic resistance training (MRT), you can burn fat even while you are resting. And you can do so for up to 36 hours.
This new science proves that you can literally burn calories and lose weight even while you sleep.
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