Lose Belly Fat Without Crash Dieting

How do I Lose Belly Fat?

So you want to lose belly fat and start getting in shape?  Losing belly fat isn't overly difficult. It does, however, take planning, discipline, and consistancy.

In this hub you're going to find out my strategy for losing belly fat without crash dieting.  It's composed of three parts: nutrition, fitness training and goal setting.  Lets get started.

Fat Loss Myths

There are so many insane fat loss myths floating around it's enough to make your head spin. I mean, with so much incorrect information out there how is anyone suppose to know what to actually do?

Fat Loss Myth #1: You can just lose fat from your stomach or legs.

This is what's known as spot reducing. It's an idea that you can remove fat from one specific area of your body; for example, your belly.

This is absolutely 100% false. Spot reducing is not possible, despite what those late night infomercials want you to believe.

The only way to lose that belly fat successfully is to reduce overall body fat.

Fat Loss Myth #2: High reps will help you get toned.

Where on earth did this come from? High reps - toned? Whoever tells you they're doing more reps to get toned and cut doesn't know what they're talking about.

Your muscle responds to weight training stimulus in 3 ways:
The muscle grows bigger
The muscle stays the same
The muscle shrinks


There is no such thing as getting "toned". The best way for your muscles to stand out is to:

A) Have muscle in the first place.

B) To lower your body fat so the muscle is more visable.

Fat Loss Myth #3: Those diets you see in magazines actually work.

Ever wonder why somebody you know, or even yourself is always switching to the latest fad diet? It's because they do not work long term. Many so called diets can have great results for a couple weeks - this is mainly because you're losing water weight and muscle; not fat.

Stop bouncing from fad diet to fad diet. Start learning the basics of nutrition so that you actually know why you're putting those healthy fats and lean protein in your body.

Fat Loss Plan

Forget about crash dieting and drastically cutting calories - it does not work in the long term. Long term is what you should be aiming for when trying to lose body fat.
Step 1: Create a Nutrition Plan

A proper nutrition plan will be the groundwork for your fat loss diet. Do some research and really put some time into your diet - this will be the difference between losing 10 pounds or gaining 5. You must know exactly what you're putting into your body and how much.

The basis of your nutrition plan will be 500 calories less than your maintenance level and the foods will be based around lean protein like egg whites, boneless skinless chicken breasts and lean turkey. Your carbs will be based around leafy greens and complex carbs like oatmeal and yams. Healthy fats must be included and will make up about 20% of your diet. Focus on almonds, flax seeds, extra virgin olive oil, and macadamia nut oil.
Step 2: Get a Gym Pass

Don't do it later, go right now. In order to see results the gym will help you two fold:
It will allow you to access weights which are a vital part of losing weight.
It will give you access use cardio equipment that best suits your body.


The weight will help you build muscle which will actually aid in burning fat by keeping your resting metabolic rate higher. The cardio will be your main calorie burning exercise to help you tap into your stored body fat and help you to lose weight quickly.
Step 3: Write Down Goals

This is an important step - without it, your shooting in the dark.

Take out a piece of paper and write down both short and long term goals for yourself. This will help you stay motivated and give you a reason to keep eating healthy and staying fit in the gym.

Don't over look this step. Write down your short term goals and put them where you will see them everyday.
How you're going to put this all together.

The goal is not to restrict calories and crash diet. Instead you want to keep your calories relatively high and focus on cardio and exercise to burn your belly fat. This is will work because your body will stay nourished and you will not be as likely to go into starvation mode.

Test out your nutrition plan and cardio for a week, and make changes as necessary. If your nutrition is on but you're still not losing fat, try upping the amount of cardio. If your training hard 5 times a week but still not seeing results, perhaps lower your calories by a couple hundred.

There will still be trial and error because what works for me won't necessarly work for you. However, the principles are still the same and sticking with what has been known to work will save you a lot of time trying to achieve the results you desire.