The Belly Fat Plan

To reduce your belly fat, you need to examine both the exercise you do and what you eat. A combination of sensible diet and exercise will reduce your overall weight and your belly fat.

Exercises specific to the stomach are included here, as well as diet tips and recipes.

So What causes Belly Fat?

Belly fat accumulation is related to excessive calorie intake and the ability of the body to burn it as fats – that is, when we eat more than the body burns through whatever activities we undertake. For a well-tuned body, there exists a balance between food intake and fat burned through normal exercise. In other words, if you eat a lot while doing only little physical activity, then most likely you are prone to a build-up of fat. With children for example, they may eat a lot but it is burnt through their physical activities. For many adults, we have to do extra exercise to achieve a balance.

The calories that we take in through food develop into fats which the muscle tissues burn as energy as we go through our daily routines. There is a direct relationship between muscle mass and fats. So if your daily activity does not compensate with the calorie intake, excess fat is deposited over the belly.

So why do others eat a lot but do not gain weight? Some is definitely due to genetics, but that just means that those of us, like me, who are predisposed to put on weight need to be very careful with our diet and exercise.

If you are a physically fit person, you burn a lot of energy and the proportion of muscle mass to fat leans on the muscle side. The more active you are, the more you should eat to feed the your muscles. Going to the gym regularly reduces the time we will spend with doctors and allow us to lead a more physical life.