Otago Daily Times

10 GUARANTEED BELLYFATLO­SS TIPS

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Eat a snack of protein in the magic hour: 3pm4pm. Why? Because this maintains blood sugar balance. When our blood sugars spike, the insulin that is released causes fat to be stored around our belly. Examples of a protein snack are a protein bar, light cheese and almonds.

Eat a late breakfast. The other magic time is the time between getting up in the morning and first eating. Our body has already had a few hours of not being fed. Hold off a little longer, and this is a golden time for bellyfat calories to be shed. Do your activity (movement) in this golden time in the morning before eating your late breakfast.

Have zero grams of sugar or as close to this as is possible. Why? It will keep insulin levels low (remember, insulin stores fat around our waistline) and will keep glucagon levels high. The hormone glucagon is our best friend when shedding fat from the belly.

Chew, chew, chew your food. The better the digestion, the less belly bloating.

Use the DCBA approach: Diet, Cardio, Build muscle and Abdominal exercises. Spend 40 minutes preparing your meals each day, 30 minutes four times a week on cardio exercises, 15 minutes three times a week doing strength exercises and 5 minutes three times a week doing abdominal exercises.

Punch it. This is the best cardio exercise for bellyfat destructio­n. Boxing works the cardiovasc­ular system, the lean muscle building system and the core all at once.

Reverse the trend. Have your largest meal for lunch and a smaller meal for dinner. Simply switch the two. This alone will make a noticeable difference to your midsection in a small period of time.

Eat wholemeal foods and monounsatu­rated fats for a slimmer midregion.

Control your portion sizes.

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