Focus on Your Belly If You Cannot Lose Weight

Working on your abdominals is an excellent way to help you lose weight. This was something I put a great deal of focus on when I was getting frustrated since I cannot lose weight and trimming my belly gave me outstanding results. I am sure many people out there have tried working on trimming their belly and most of them have failed and I'll tell you why. Well, most people who want to lose their belly concentrate too much on their abs. Let me expand a bit, most people think that the way to lose their belly is to tire themselves up with crunches. Having this thinking usually leads to frustration because they cannot lose weight especially their belly. Fortunately, I'm going to clear it up for you. This might sound new to you but to lose belly fat is to lose body fat. This sounds like a contradiction to the fact that losing belly helps you lose body fat. Let me put it this way, working on your abs can help you lose fat and working on losing your fat can help you lose your belly. Well, of course you should exercise your abs by doing crunches but you will only get maximum result if your work on overall body fat. Now let me provide you with some points/exercises you can add to your abdominal routine:

Cardiovascular Exercises

Doing your cardio increases your chances of losing fat hanging on your belly as well as losing overall body fat. This is something people who cannot lose weight neglect especially when trying to trim their belly. When you do your cardiovascular exercise, try to keep in mind that just like any other exercises, the more intense the workout the better results. However, be careful not to strain your body too much. You don't want to get injuries. If you don't have any cardio exercises in mind, you can try running, rowing, jump rope, or elliptical machines(this is good for people who have bad knees)

Resistance Exercises

One essentials of losing weight is to increase your metabolism by training your muscles. Aside from helping you lose weight it can also help you tone your body. Adults usually complain that they cannot lose weight because of their metabolism. The only way to work your metabolism up is my adding up nutrient demands of your body by working out your muscles. You start your resistance or strength training routine by doing some push ups, pull ups, squats, etc. You can even add weights to your training for more variations.

This very much wraps up everything I have to say, add these up to your work out and you will lose your belly as well as take you out of the frustration that you cannot lose weight.