Eliminate your Belly Fat

There are ways to eliminate belly fat, some you would not believe work, like sleeping, but before you try to pare down your waist, there are a few things to understand about belly fat. An indicator of whether or not you need to eliminate belly fat is waist measurement. For men, over 40 inches, and for women over 33 inches is a sign that you need to reduce that belly fat.

There are a number of reasons why you have stubborn belly fat. Stress, hormones, muscle tone, genetics, water retention and actual fat all come into play. Family history, your work, financial stresses, hormone imbalance and gene pool can be hard to combat.

Normal diet and exercise will not budge this type of stubborn belly fat. Approach this with new tactics, some you would not think work. For example, there is a relationship between lack of sleep and hormone imbalance, which can lead to lower capacity to burn fat, and wanting to eat more. If you lack proper sleep, your body does not produce enough of the fat burning hormone cortisol.

Usual exercises can turn off the fat burning motor. Interval training, short bursts of high intensity (we are talking just a few minutes) alternating with a short slower pace (like walking), works best to eliminate belly fat. No need for hours at the gym. Forget the gimmicky ab busters.

Many alleged “health foods” are not, having sugary content like junk food that add to fat. Forget “pills”, take care of what you put into your body! Do a short fast occasionally. Bodies are designed to store fat for release in hard times, but in today’s world we have plenty of food, so the fat cells never get used. As they sit, they being to release fat into the blood and this affects metabolism and insulin use. This can bring on a variety of dire health problems.

You can drink a beer a day and still work to eliminate belly fat. But watch it because beer has a high sugar content and is a yeast food. Too much yeast in the body can result in yeast infections and lead to more problems. Switch from beer to yogurt, a better snack. Growing older brings hormonal and metabolic changes you cannot fight. Adjust food intake accordingly for best health.

Despite everything, losing belly fat is possible, just not fast or easy. Eating the proper food, the right kinds of exercise, sleep more, eat less, yes, there are ways to eliminate belly fat!

This article was written by Marc Hill. As always, I am looking for the whole mind/ body approach when it comes to solving life's problems. My review of weight loss programs can be found at: ksnreview.com