- 1). Write down the details of your current diet and exercise regimen in your journal. Keeping a journal throughout the process will help you keep track of your goals. There are only two real ways to lose weight: exercising more and eating less. Based on your current habits, decide which of those you'd like to try first.
- 2). Look around at your home, your budget, and your planner. If you are a strictly organized person, start looking around at bookstores and online for books and methods that offer lots of planning, daily activities, and meal tracking. If you tend to be more creative and disorganized, look around for books and methods that focus on journaling, introspection, and flexibility. Try to find a few different approaches to choose from so you can start finding a method that is easy for you.
- 3). Choose one thing to change about your diet or exercise specifically geared towards belly fat. This could be cutting back on sugar or alcohol in your diet. It could also be adding in one more day a week of exercise or lengthening or intensifying your current workout routine.
- 4). Keep track of your progress in your journal. Try a method for a couple of weeks, and if it is too hard to stick to, try something else. Be gentle with yourself and take time to take care of yourself and tell yourself things about your body that you like.
- 1). Do crunches and other belly-focused exercises for at least fifteen minutes every day. Do crunches every morning and evening, and challenge yourself to keep increasing the number. For men, make your goal a hundred crunches in a row, and for women, seventy-five in a row.
- 2). Vary your types of exercises every day. Do exercises that work your legs and back as well as your belly, such as squats, leg raises, and push ups. Your abs stay involved throughout the various exercises.
- 3). Rest one or two days a week to give yourself a break and keep yourself motivated. Reward yourself by doing things you enjoy, like a hobby or time outside.
- 4). Do an intense cardio workout several times per week. Depending on your current level of activity, this could be anywhere from light jogging to a long run, or half an hour on an elliptical machine. Throw in spurts of intense activity by doing a minute of sprinting or a increasing the speed on the treadmill.
- 5). Drink lots of water, and try to cut down on alcohol and soda.
Planning and Tracking
Losing Belly Fat
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