Food Tip #5

10 Flat Belly Tricks

Hey everyone,

One of the most common questions asked is "How do I get a flat stomach?".

Well luckily there a few diet tricks and tips that you can incorporate in your everyday life that will help you feel less bloated and get you the flat stomach you want faster.

1. Eat a snack that contains protein between the times of 3-pm. This helps boost your metabolism and balances blood sugar levels in your body. The helps you have a flatter stomach as the lower your blood sugar levels, the lower is the insulin which is what stores the fat in the middle of your body.
2. Eat as close to zero sugar as these helps minimize your insulin levels. The lower your insulin levels, the higher the glucogen. Glucogen is your best friend as it is the hormone that helps transform the fat around your body into energy
3. Chewing is paramount to ease bloating. Chewing helps with digestion and better digested food  means less gas and bloating giving you a flatter belly!
4. Use the DCBA approach. This means diet first, cardio second, building muscle third and abs exercises last. To put this into perspective, spend 60 minutes preparing healthier meals. Spend 20 minutes a day, 3-5 days a week doing cardio. Spend 15 minutes a day, 3 times a week on strength training. Spend 5 minutes a day, 3 times a week doing ab exercises. 
5. Salt in your diet could be the main culprit of your bloating. Instead of regular table salt, use natural sea salt or cayenne pepper or a salsa to flavour your food
6. Add boxing to your cardio will help you work those stomach muscles faster due to the high intensity nature of this sport. Make sure you engage your core and twist your torso so that you target the midsection
7. Quite simply, show off another part of your body while you work on your midsection. If you have nice legs, just wear shorts more often to take the attention away from your stomach.
8. Watching your meal portions throughout the day as well as eating whole gran foods and mono-saturated fats throughout the day will help you get to the flat stomach you want.
9. The perfect daily menu: This website has an awesome day meal plan which you could trial out! http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20385798_11,00.html
10. JUST LAUGH! hahaha no joke! Laughing uses your abdominal muscles so be happy, laugh and hopefully you will strengthen those ab muscles without too much effort!

Let me know if you try these tips out! I'd love to hear your results :)

-Salma

Source

http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20385798,00.html