How many of us are guilty of treating
our tummies like trash buckets loading them up
with refined, modified, processed
and unhealthy foods everyday
has become somewhat of a hobby for us.
So in this spirit of fab abs and flat stomachs
here’s a great list of do’s and don’ts
that’s about to become your belly bible.
Water retention is caused by excess fluids
that build up in the body.
Drinking a lot of water is the answer
because what this does is that it constantly flushes out
all the toxins and the fluids
from your body thus preventing water retention.
Two glasses every morning flush out the toxins
and fires up your metabolism.
Drinking 1 glass of water 60 minutes
after a meal allows the body enough time
to absorb the nutrients.
1 glass 30 minutes before showering
is a great way to lower your blood pressure.
When you feel totally exhausted,
you’re probably dehydrated!
Have two glasses to fuel up.
So the answer to this is
not to do a lot of push ups and crunches
because even though that does seem perfectly normal
because they are all ab exercises
what you need to do first is a lot of cardio.
So either swimming, walking, jogging anything
that gets your heart pumping.
Because what these do is that
they burn the layer of fat right off your belly paving the
way to your abs that are underneath.
So think of it more like a shovel
that’s digging through layers of dirt to get to the
treasure.
Even though it seems perfectly logical
to go hardcore on all your abs exercises and
kill it with the crunches don’t do something
like this by getting carried away with like
these 100 crunches a day challenges
because these do not help because numbers is not that
important as opposed to constantly keeping
your core engaged so even 20 sit ups done
right will do a world of a difference
as compared to a 100 sit ups don’t completely carelessly.
I’m going to show you a few exercises
without crunching up that will still get you that
flat tummy.
So, now let’s start with the toe taps.
The first exercise place your hands down by the side
take one leg up into the table top position
and then take the other leg up into the table top position.
Maintain this,
keep your core nice and tight and engaged.
All I want you to do is exhale tap your toe
to the floor inhale back up exhale down inhale up.
You can do abut 10 repetitions to start with
if core exercise is new to you otherwise you
can go upto 30 repetitions.
Its a great one to warm up
and stabilise the body and the core.
Now that you’re relatively warm
let’s add in a bit of a challenge.
What I want you to do is place your hands out
to the side shoulder level a little below shoulder level,
take one foot up to the table top my favourite position
and the other foot up to the table top.
Maintain this
and then drop your knees out to one side and back to centre.
This is the basic one.
Drop you knees to the other side and centre.
Make sure you keep this angle the same
you don’t want to do this.
Yes, maintain the table top
just drop the knees out come back to the centre
and drop the knees out and back to centre.
So that adds that little pressure
on the oblique muscles
and really makes you work it hard.
These foods that thrill your tummy
have got to make it to your list.
White meats like fish and chicken are great
because they are extremely lean and full of protein.
An intake of omega 3 fatty acids is also
extremely essential to any fat belly diet.
This is because
they aid the breakdown of fat in the body
and even reduce any additional fat storage
because weirdly enough it takes fat to burn fat.
Great sources of omega 3 fatty acids are
fish like salmon mackerel and tuna
Include salmon in your diet by baking or grilling it
depending on your preference and serve
it up with some stir fried veggies
or simply some asparagus and lemon.
Dark green leafy vegetables like
spinach and broccoli are also a great addition because
they have very few calories but still a lot of nutrients.
Get your own inner-Popeye on
by using spinach in a salad tossed with
some fresh tomatoes and feta cheese
or simply sprinkle some over your pasta.
So, in conclusion thou must take these points
into consideration to get thy self that glorious gut.
So go ahead stay healthy stay tuned and stay Glamrs