The Best Way to Lose Belly Fat

20 Tips for a Smaller Waistline

These simple steps will help you blast belly fat and reveal a slimmer middle in a snap
By Emily G. W. Chau fitbie
 

In the Morning

Skip the Bisquick. Eating a hearty breakfast can help curb hunger until later in the day, but steer clear of ready-made short stacks. A serving of Bisquick contains 1.5 g of trans fat. A Wake Forest University study found that monkeys who were fed a diet rich in trans fats accumulated 30% more belly fat than those who feasted on a diet loaded with healthy monounsaturated fats (MUFAs). Trans fats aren’t just found in fried foods and the drive-thru—they’re in a lot of premade frostings, and cake and batter mixes, says Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD, and author of The Flexitarian Diet.

Eat eggs. Instead of carbo-loading early in the day, fuel up on eggs instead. An oft-cited study from the International Journal of Obesity found that people who ate a two-egg breakfast for 8 weeks as part of a low-cal diet shrunk their waistlines by 34% more than those who ate an equal-caloric bagel breakfast. Egg eaters ate fewer calories during the day, most likely because of the hunger-quelling powers of protein. (Video: Got to be out the door? Learn how to cook quick and healthy meals.)

Power walk through your neighborhood. A 2008 study conducted by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that women who started taking 3,500 more steps a day than they used to—about 1.75 miles—lost 5 pounds in a year; men lost 8.5 pounds. What’s more, people who walked for an hour a day, 6 days a week lost 10 to 20% of their belly fat.

Tone your tummy in just 4 weeks!
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