Losing Tummy Fat - Combating the Myths and Verifying the Truth

An estimation is that 70% of adults strive to have a flat tummy but have a problem with losing tummy fat. They will go through a number of fads, products and latest craze diets before finally giving up because they think that losing tummy fat is a myth. They will admire models in magazines and then put it all down to air brushing of the photographs.

Fortunately losing tummy fat is reality but most of the fads and tricks that tell you how to do it are a myth. A common myth among men is to work hard on sit ups and forget about losing weight. The problem with this idea is that if you have not lost the tummy fat then no amount of toning your mid section will work as the new six packs abs will just be hidden under the fat. This method also means that as soon as you stop working out the six pack abs hidden underneath the tummy fat will indeed turn to fat themselves and you have more fat than before you started.

Many women who want to try losing weight will buy diet pills which very often have side effects. One friend of mine who was taking diet pills consistently had to be near a toilet in case of a sudden attack of diarrhea. Even if diet pills are effective in losing weight, not only do they turn out an expensive burden on your monthly budget but taking them for a long time is not good for your health. Another trick is to go for body wraps which allow you to lose inches in a day. The inches soon return however after 48 hours and once again these body wrap treatments are very expensive.

Mike Geary is a certified personal trainer and nutritionist who says that the key to losing tummy fat is a combination of a specific all body workout whilst keeping your overall body fat below 10%.

Knowing how to keep your body fat under 10% is all about eating certain foods that give all the nutrients that the body needs but at the same time help towards burning fat. Surprisingly many of the health foods that we eat to lose weight actually contribute towards slowing down our metabolism and add to our fat stores. Also unlike other work outs, an all over body work out will prevent you from becoming tired straight after and instead will boost your energy as focus is not just on the tummy but everywhere.

Let's recap what you've learned in this article:

* we know now that diet pills, only working out and only maintaining a diet are not the key to losing tummy fat.

*An all over body workout and set diet have to be joined in a process that can become part of your average day.

*By combining the two and making it routine it will become part and parcel of your life and the results of losing tummy fat will be seen for a lifetime.

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