How do you lose belly fat?

Nick fitness expert

How do you lose belly fat?

Losing belly fat can be seriously harmful. Here are 4 effective tips to lose belly fat.

#1. Eat Foods That Burn Belly Fat

When it comes to weight loss, your diet is more important that exercise… and for belly fat weight loss, exercise is pretty important so that’s saying a lot!

We will get into the exercise aspect below, but for now here are the top belly fat burning foods:

• Peppers – The hotter the better, hot peppers such as chili peppers, jalapenos, even cayenne powder help increase fat loss and stave off hunger. They also give you a healthy dose of metabolism boosting vitamin C!
• Eggs – High in lean protein, eggs will help keep your cravings in check… so you will eat less and lose belly fat faster. Some studies have even shown that eating healthy proteins will actually help you lose belly fat.
• Beans – When it comes to foods to eat to lose belly fat, beans are nature’s gift to mankind. They have the perfect balance of carbs and protein and they keep you full for hours. Black beans, kidney, lentils, garbanzo, and cannellini are all good choices.
• Nuts and Seeds – Not only keep you full, the healthy protein can help you lose weight and even increase your metabolism. Almonds, walnuts, macadamia, cashews, pistachio, chia seeds, and hemp seeds are good examples and many more.

• #2. Avoid Foods That Cause Belly Fat
• If you want to know how to get flat stomach, there are some foods you should be avoiding.

The best diet to lose belly fat involves phasing these foods out by filling your diet with the healthy ingredients in our “Top 4 Foods That Burn Belly Fat” section above.

Processed Food – First off, all that processed food will only pack on belly fat and make you unhealthy. Try to remove all the prepackaged, preservative filled junk from your diet and replace it with whole foods.

• Sugar and Sugar Substitutes – Yep, all of it! Try to get your sweet fix from nature, fruit (especially the belly fat burning fruits outlined above) is a great alternative to traditional sugar, which will only turn into more fat. Even worse, fake sugar will make you sick and tell your body to hold onto fat.

Go all natural whenever possible. Try to remove or reduce sugar in your favorite recipes, instead use mashed fruit. And remember, the more sweets you eat, the more you crave. So guess what… the less you eat the less you will crave it!

Carbohydrates – Not all of them, but try to cut how many carbs you eat by half. Refined carbs are the worst offenders: white bread, pasta and flour. So try swapping for all natural whole wheat versions.

Instead of having a whole sandwich at lunch have a half a sandwich and salad. Small changes will show big results!

Fats (The Unhealthy Kind) – I’m talking about the fried foods, heavy buttery dishes and unhealthy cuts of meat like bacon. You don’t really need me to tell you why these are packing on the belly fat do you?!

• #3. Do Exercises That Help You Lose Belly Fat
• Keep in mind that in order to lose belly fat, calories need to be burned as well. Try these recommended exercises to lose belly fat to really get that weight off fast.

Interval Exercise – Interval exercise is great for reducing belly fat, small bursts of hard core exercise peppered in with low intensity exercise will keep your body guessing, raise your heart rate burning more calories, and increase fat burning in a big way!

#4. Get More Sleep!

Try to get between 7-9 hours (yes I said 9… doesn’t that sound heavenly?!) of sleep each night, sure it won’t always happen, but try Set a sleep schedule, go to bed at the same time and wake at the same time, after awhile your body will get it and will take over… you know what I’m talking about.That's some tips I hope it helps you. NICK