Benefits of Exercise - Many of us spend hours in the gym trying to get that washboard stomach, especially as summer approaches. It is no surprise that frustration occurs when you look at yourself in the mirror and see your abs hidden behind a thin layer of fat after completing 300 crunches. Want to be lean? Eat clean and do exercises.
3. Eat Healthy....
Lots of people workout at the gym for hours, but are still not able to reduce extra fat on their
body. It gets frustrating with time and you start loosing self confidence. Well the problem is not
with your body or the way you workout. Its about the food you eat in routine. Start eating healthy
food and avoid junk. You will soon feel a difference in your body.
Eat Clean
5. Ditch The Refined Foods
Ditch the refined foods and choose foods such as oatmeal instead of the sugary cereals,
sweet potatoes instead of pasta and hummus instead of ranch.By making these
adjustments you are not feeding yourself the unneeded “empty calorie” foods.
6. Fuel Your Body....
Clean Fats – Coconuts and Almonds
How to include them in your diet -
Use coconut oil in replace of other oils when you cook
Take about 15 almonds with you on the go as a snack
7. Fuel Your Body....
Clean Carbohydrates – Sweet Patatoes and Oats
How to include them in your diet -
Bake the sweet potatoes rather than a white potato, or even make sweet potato fries by
cutting the sweet potato into strips and then pouring 1 tbs. of coconut oil over the strips, and
then bake them
Choose an oat based granola bar to have as a snack, or add ¼ cup oat based granola to
your yogurt
8. Fuel Your Body....
Clean Protein –Low-fat Greek Yogurt and Natural
Peanut butter
How to include them in your diet -
Add 1 tbs. natural peanut butter such as Earth Balance to your oatmeal in the morning or pair
it with an apple or another fruit
Mix the low-fat Greek yogurt with fruit for breakfast or blend with banana, natural peanut
butter, and Elementz Whey protein to make a smoothie.
9. Bounce Off Belly Fat!
The Best way to build abs is by doing crunches and other core exercises
10. Fact – Balance Your Diet
While building your dream abs, the best way to reduce the stomach is balance your diet. Try
to cut out fried, sugary and refined foods by replacing them with fruits, salad, grains such as
oats, healthy fats such as avocados, and lean protein such as turkey bacon.