Figuring out how to get a flat stomach can be a tough thing to do.
We are constantly bombarded with infomercials and new "miracle" products that promise to show you how to get abs fast and easy. A lot of the products are either cheap exercise gadgets or some pill that "does the work for you."
Each time we see a magazine in the checkout line, there is a new article about exercise.
Can you see why finding good information can be difficult?
In this article, I want to show you the biggest secret to getting lean.
Ready? Here we go.
Secret: Build the right diet and six pack abs will come.
That's right, it all comes down to your diet! And when I say diet, I don't some new fad diet. I am talking about the things you eat on a day to day basis.
The reason this is so important is that losing body fat as a result cannot be done only by exercise.
If you exercise all the time but do not have a diet that is conducive to losing body fat, you will not notice much of a difference at all.
See, everyone has a flat stomach. The problem is, there is a layer of fat covering it up!
If a male wants to see his abdominals, his body fat percentage needs to be below 10%. For a female, it needs to be below about 14%.
The best way to accomplish this is to restrict how many calories you take in! I once heard a great quote (I cannot remember from whom) that said "six pack abs are built in the kitchen, not in the gym".
Now, lets go over some basic guidelines that can help you lose body fat and start to see those sexy abdominal muscles.
1. Avoid "bad carbs", aka high glycemic carbs.
This is a biggie. If you eat lots of white bread, fast food, soda, high sugar foods, etc., your blood sugar will continuously spike. When this happens, your body releases more and more insulin to store that extra blood sugar as fat. This is not good if you want six pack abs!
2. Eat 4-6 smaller meals per day that consists of quality protein, low glycemic "good" carbs, and healthy fats.
This is also very important in the quest for six pack abs. By eating smaller meals more frequently, your blood sugar will not spike as much, therefore not as much excess blood sugar will be stored as fat.
3. Limit your overall calories.
There are 3,500 calories in 1lb. If you cut back your current diet by 500 calories per day, then over the course of 1 week you will have lost 1 lb!
So as you can see, diet plays a huge role in your quest for how to get six pack abs. Doing core exercises is important, but unless your diet is spot on those abs will stay under a layer of body fat.
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