Health and Fitness

So how exactly can you eliminate or lessen that flabby midsection without resorting to extreme measures like surgery? Here are a few unorthodox but effective measures you might want to try.

1. Stop doing crunches. You may not want to believe it but doing crunches right now is not only ineffective, but you also increase your risk of getting spine related injuries. If you have a lot of belly fat to deal with, try subscribing to weight loss exercises first. Low impact cardiovascular exercises like brisk walking, jogging, swimming and beginner’s aerobics work best for people who are out of shape, have not tried any form of exercises before, or those who have not exercised for a long time.

Crunches are considered as body sculpting exercises that you can successfully do after you have regained a flatter stomach.

2. Steam, boil, bake or grill your food. Who says that you have to give up on all your favorite foods all at once? You can slash a lot of calories from your daily diet by limiting the use of oil, butter and margarine when you prepare your meals. Steaming and grilling (broiling) your dishes not only uses very little oil, but the unhealthy fats drip away from the food too. When it comes to boiling and baking, you can limit your oil intake either by trimming the meats of all visible fats or by removing or lessening the volume of oily ingredients. This way, you still get to eat the food items you like while losing belly fat too.