It seems that we are bombarded every day with pictures of beautiful people who don't have an ounce of body fat on them least of all, the dreaded belly fat.
It's hard not to imagine what we would look like if we didn't have belly fat.
Most of us do.
Belly fat is perhaps the hardest fat to lose but it can be done! Lowering your intake of calories is the most effective way to lose belly fat.
Losing fat in general, on any area of your body, actually requires you to reduce your calorie intake.
If you are eating too much, you won't lose fat around your belly or anywhere else.
It's important to do this safely though.
You don't want to go overboard and starve yourself as this can do irreparable damage.
Find out from your doctor what your recommended daily amount of calories is and go by that.
To lose the "beer belly", you need to stop drinking beer.
It got it's name for a reason.
Beer has a substantial amount of calories in it and drinking beer will not help you lower your calorie intake.
Another reason to stop drinking beer is because of the inflammation it causes in the liver and pancreas, leaving a person bloated.
Also make sure you are not drinking an excess of number of other alcoholic drinks as these are often combined with other sugary drinks.
When trying to lose belly fat, it's important to cut down on sugar.
Refined sugar such as the kind you find in junk food burns far more quickly than natural sugar such as that found in fruit.
Sugars are later converted into fat and at least some, if not all, is going to head towards your belly.
Daily exercise and walks are a great way to lose belly fat.
Because exercise burns calories and it's already been determined that you need to burn calories as well as have a lower intake of them, exercise is a must.