Burn Stomach Fat - 3 Costly Mistakes that Keep Your Stomach Flabby


by Tom Gifford - Date: 2007-02-26 - Word Count: 536 Share This!

Trying to burn stomach fat can be a difficult task if you do not have the right tools to do it.

So many people have tried using different methods of trying to burn stomach fat such as the "miracle" exercise gimmicks that you see on infomercials or with some super fat burning pill.

This article will show you some of the common mistakes that people make when trying to burn stomach fat.

Top 3 Mistakes:

BURN STOMACH FAT MISTAKE #1: Trying to overload on the crunches.

This is a very common mistake that many people make when they try to burn stomach fat. The common thought is that if you do enough stomach exercises, it will make you lose stomach fat. Unfortunately, this is a myth that is either called spot reduction or spot reducing.

This is not an adequate way to burn belly fat because you cannot purposefully lose fat in a specific region anymore than you can gain fat in a specific region.

Doing lots of crunches as the only way to burn tummy fat will not burn lots of calories or raise your metabolism. It can get you a strong core and some nice abdominal development after you have lost a lot of stomach fat and your body fat percentage is low enough.

BURN STOMACH FAT MISTAKE #2: Trying to eat as little as possible.

A lot of people try to burn belly fat by "crash dieting". This typically consists of eating 1 meal per day and then trying to not eat the rest of the time. Crash dieting is one of the worst ways to try and burn stomach fat! All it will do is make you hungry and tired. If you do lose anything, you will lose WEIGHT but not FAT.

Losing weight is not the same as burning fat. Weight consists of water weight, muscle mass, and fat. If you lose any of this during crash dieting, you are likely to just lose water weight and muscle mass. If you want to burn tummy fat, you need to make your body lose fat and not weight!

BURN STOMACH FAT MISTAKE #3: Trying to use fat burning pills.

Are fat burners an adequate way to burn stomach fat? In my experience as a personal trainer and a former employee of GNC, I would have to say that fat burners are not a good way to try and lose stomach fat.

The problem with using fat burners pills as a means to burn stomach fat is that a lot of people try to use them as the sole means to an end. They try to do it by only using fat burners, but not making the necessary changes to their exercise routine and diet. The only way fat burning pills will assist someone with the effort to burn stomach fat is if they are doing everything else with diet and exercise completely right, and even then I would doubt there would be a significant difference.

So in conclusion, try to avoid these common mistakes people make when they try to burn stomach fat. Remember persistence is crucial for your success!

Good luck =)

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Tom Gifford is the author of The Fat Loss Zone, which provides stellar cutting edge fat loss tips for people who have tried all the fad diets and exercise gimmicks.

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