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Flabby Stomach

Indrajit Deshmukh
Flabby stomach is admittedly one of the difficult areas to induce fat loss but if you consistently follow a good exercise and diet regimen you could get rid of it...
If you want to lose your flabby stomach, you have to inculcate discipline in your daily routine and make sure you stay off fried foods and deserts. For those who would like to get rid of flabby stomach, there are a few things that you need to know first.
One of them is that you didn't get a flabby belly in one day, it happened over a period, so to lose it you will have to exercise for more than just one day. Some of the other things that you will need to do are make a schedule for your exercise and diet plan and endeavor to stick to it.
Success is 95 percent motivation and 5 percent perspiration, so to keep your motivation levels high, get some posters of people who are in great shape and stick them in your house. You could also download exercise videos from the Internet to boost your morale, anything that keeps you going towards your goal is okay.

Exercises

Cardio Routine

There are different exercises that will assist you in getting a good cardio workout, in the gym as well as outside. For cardiovascular exercises to be really effective you need to do them for at least 35-45 minutes thrice a week. One of the reason people give up exercising is that they get bored doing the same exercises over and over again.
To avoid redundancy and boredom pick different cardio routines to keep your interest levels up. You could choose from
  • Cycling
  • Swimming
  • Jogging
  • Treadmill
  • Stair Stepper
  • Cross Trainer

Abs Routine

One of the most important thing when doing stomach fat burning exercises is to maintain correct form and technique, even if it means less repetitions. Also remember that the abdominals are muscles, and to stimulate muscles, weight training is important.
So introduce weights to your six-pack abs routine, try to do the abs routine at least 2 times a week. Try exercises like
  • Crunches
  • Reverse Crunches
  • Leg Raises
  • Obliques
  • Bicycle Crunches
  • Plank
Many women have flabby stomach after pregnancy and the best exercise program for that is 2 days of cardio routine and 3 days of abdominal exercises. Inculcate some full body weight training with exercises like squats, lunges, deadlifts, etc. to tighten the stomach in quick time. Some people are left with a flabby stomach after weight loss, especially if they lose weight quickly. The only way to get rid of this is with some abdominal exercises and high intensity cardiovascular routines. 

Diet

The best diet plan is the one which you can follow without depriving yourself too much. Devise your own diet plan, do not fall for the quick weight loss diet plans as most are ineffective in the long run and losing lot of weight quickly isn't good for your health anyway. One of the mantras to lose weight is to have small meals every 2-3 hours and by including stomach fat burning foods in your diet. Add a good dose of vegetables and fruits to your diet plan if you plan to lose your flabby stomach.

Vegetables

It is advisable to introduce vegetables to your abs diet plan, because there are many vegetables which have negative calories and act as diuretics. Negative calories meaning you will lose more calories chewing them than gain calories by eating them.
Some of the vegetables that you can include in your diet
  • Asparagus
  • Broccoli
  • Celery
  • Spinach
  • Zucchini
  • Tomatoes

Fruits

Almost all fruits provide essential nutrients that out body requires to replenish itself, these fruit nutrients will also strengthen our immune system. Several fruits have antioxidant qualities and also help the metabolism rate of the body.
Some of the fruits that you could try are
  • Apples
  • Berries (strawberry, blueberry, raspberry)
  • Cantaloupe
  • Orange
  • Lemon
  • Pineapple
It is very important that you follow a healthy lifestyle routine to quickly get rid of your flabby stomach. Avoid late nights and drinking alcohol after 7 pm. Make sure you incorporate adequate rest time in your daily routine and increase your fluid intake. One last thing, any routine that you start follow it at least for 60-90 days before you make your judgment regarding its efficacy.