Say "No" to Belly Fat: Be Happier and Healthier!

One of the leading causes of illness in the United States today is belly fat. You thought I was going to say heart attacks or cancer, but those are just two of the results of excess belly fat. That's why every conscientious person should consider adding a weekly routine of exercises. Belly fat is toxic and it differs from other fats in two ways.

1. It takes on a life of its own and releases chemicals that keep it in place.

2. It is the most difficult fat to shed from a person's body weight.

Excess belly fat leads to a compromised immunity system. It contributes to cancer, heart disease, and type-2 diabetes. In order to get rid of the belly fat, you don't have to engage in a rigorous routine of strenuous exercise.

So, before learning about exercises to lose belly fat, let's start with a slight tweaking of habits:

· Lower your salt intake.

· Eliminate caffeine products, especially sugared caffeine drinks.

· Eliminate alcohol. It's just a poison that greatly increases all types of health problems.

· Just drink water. In fact drink eight to ten glasses of water a day.

· If you can, eat several small meals per day allowing four hours between each. Your largest meal should be breakfast. After that first break from the overnight fast, the meals should be quite small with no more food than the size of your fist.

· Finally, you should get eight hours of sleep each night.

Now, these simple exercises only need to be performed two or three times a week.

1. Sit on a stability ball. Simply keep yourself balanced on the ball for a few minutes while you're working on the computer or watching television.

2. Using a weighted ball, or dumbbell, lie on the floor with your knees up, feet flat on the floor, and bring the ball with both hands all the way from your left to right and back for three minutes. As you progress after a few weeks try to flex your abdominals and sit up part way.

3. Lie flat on the floor with your left leg up and your right arm up. Push your left leg far to the left while you push your right arm far to the right and back. Then rotate to right leg and left arm. After a few weeks start rotating both in small circles as you progress.

These steps will help you lose dangerous, unsightly belly fat. More importantly, these steps will help you live happier, and healthier!


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