How to lose your belly: the tricks

I have written numerous articles on how to lose a belly, firm abs, have a flat stomach with both diet and gymnastics.
I recommend these: Flat stomach with the diet and Flat stomach: how to deflate the belly , in which I list various tips for deflating the belly, especially food. However, I am always on the lookout for more immediate and useful practical advice on losing belly, and I came across this American coach and medical psychotherapist named Nina Ellis Hervey who outlines various training techniques and advice on which foods to choose.

Being an ex obese like me, I tend to believe her when she says that the body she has now is the result of effort and fatigue, but also a little salt in the pumpkin in not letting herself get carried away at the table.

As an obese Nina had an ” apple body” as she reveals, so most of her weight loss work was localized in losing her belly. Her blog is drninaellishervey.com , and she began her professional and medical career with affordable health, fitness and diet advice.
Let’s see what she says about losing a belly.

HOW TO LOSE YOUR BELLY
THE ADVICE OF AN EX-OBESE DOCTOR

There is no standard that really tells you how much excess fat you have in the visceral area .
It is true that the recommendations are not to exceed the tot cm of waist for the woman and the tot cm of the waist for the man, but a lot also depends on your constitution. Let’s remember that losing a belly means shedding so-called visceral fat , a part of which is obviously important for being healthy, while its excess is not only dangerous, but more dangerous than any other localized fat!
Even thin people can find themselves having visceral fat: bacon is often synonymous with physical inactivity and slow metabolism. If we want to have a flat stomach and we are not predisposed, we must have an active life .
By active life we mean: a little sedentary life, with walks and moments in which we prefer to “stand up” rather than sitting, for example, taking the stairs instead of taking the elevator, getting off at a more distant bus stop.
Small daily habits to fight the hours sitting in the office.
In addition to this, physical activity: targeted exercises such as the plank, vertical and horizontal abdominals, done keeping the back on the ground and now lifting the legs together up to the sternum, or doing crunches with legs raised and together.
The important thing is not to overdo it and vary, in order to exercise all the abdominals.
Ten minutes of exercise a day is enough.
Add to this a full body activity: Nina says that it is necessary to get the heart pumping, to involve the whole body to burn fat. In short, the belly is not lost by doing two abdominals, but by doing an additional activity, even three times a week, of cardio fitness and full body, which you can plan at home if you have little time and in the gym.

HOW TO LOSE YOUR BELLY WITH DIET

And now we come to nutrition.
Diet to lose belly must have.
FIBERS (VEGETABLES, FRUITS, FRESH LEGUMES) IN AN ABUNDANT PORTION FOR EVERY MEAL + SNACKS.
WHOLEMEAL CEREALS (NO REFINED PRODUCTS) OR PASTA AND RICE COOKED FIRST, COOLED AND THEN HEATED AGAIN.
FOODS THAT STIMULATE GOOD INTESTINAL REGULARITY
(GREEK YOGURT, KEFIR, OAT FLAKES)
A PROTEIN FOOD AT MEAL IN THE THREE MAJOR MEALS.
It is also necessary to drink a lot, sleep properly, avoid sweets and alcohol, and above all eliminate the stress, which causes the accumulation of visceral fat.
In short: losing your belly is a real job, but not only will the results not be long in coming, they will easily become part of your daily life.