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Losing belly fat is one of the most important steps you can take to stay healthy for life. Fat in the mid-section is stored deeper inside your body, in and around the liver and other organs. The American Council on Exercise recommends aerobic exercise, but you don't have to do jumping jacks or turn cartwheels.

Walking is considered an aerobic exercise and you don't have to jump around. However, while walking greatly improves allover health, it doesn't focus on belly fat, but it increases circulation and should become a part of your daily exercise routine. A brisk twenty to thirty walk each day can make a tremendous difference in the way your body metabolizes the foods you eat; which could be contributing to your belly fat.

Sit-ups are an effective exercise for blasting belly fat. Lying on your back, hands behind your head, knees up, lift your upper torso and touch your elbows to your knees, right elbow to left knee and left elbow to right knee. You may have to prop your feet beneath a heavy chair or the sofa if you're a bit top-heavy. If you're really out of shape, it may take you a week or so to be able to do this effectively.

Another method, which works on the same muscles, is to balance yourself on your backside with legs and upper torso raised off the floor in a type of "V" position, and hold as long as you can.

Lifting your legs will really blast that belly fat. Lying flat on your back, legs outstretched, slowly lift them half way then hold a moment and slowly lower them back to the floor. Do only a few of these at first because they are quite intense and effective in tightening the muscles around the belly. Increase slightly each day.

There are exercises you can do on the job, watching television or listening to music. Sit up straight, lift your feet off the floor simultaneously, and hold for as long as you can. This will pull the belly muscles tight.

Never skip meals. Starving yourself only raises hormones which prevent burning stomach fat. Skipping meals forces your body to burn muscle instead of fat. Eating several small meals a day keeps your metabolism moving; burning fat, rather than muscle. Also, having several small meals a day increases levels of dopamine and serotonin by not feeling the stress of being hungry all day.

Therefore, losing belly fat is simply a matter of exercise along with eating small, healthy meals, allowing you to enjoy the things you like to eat while still losing weight. It's just plain common sense.

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