How to Get a Flat Stomach at Home

If you are like most people, maintaining a flat stomach and abdominal region can become more and more difficult as we age.  If your daily routine is not burning more calories than you are taking in, those excess calories will begin to show on your stomach.  Most people who work a 40 hour workweek don’t have the time to invest in going to the gym or exercising consistently.  If you can invest just 15 minutes of exercise three times per week, you can see a vast improvement in your abdominal region.  Below is a list five things you can do to get a flatter stomach right in your own home…

1. Cut Out the Carbs:  Whiles some carbohydrates can be good for you, others can be detrimental to maintaining a flat stomach.  You’ll want to avoid white bread, donuts, pasta, white rice and potatoes.  The best carbs come from fruits and vegetables and can give your long lasting energy that won’t cause a crash later in the day.  Junk food and drinks with high fructose corn syrup are to be avoided at all costs.

2. Quick Sprints:  Rather than wasting extended periods of time jogging or walking – try running four or five 50 yard sprints.  Between each sprint take a 1-2 minute break.  You can do this exercise in about 10 minutes and the results that you will see are amazing.  Jogging or walking is a low impact exercise, but these series of sprints are high impact and that means that your body will actually be burning calories long after you have finished this exercise.  Be sure and consult your physician before trying this exercise.

3. Wait to Eat:  After you’ve finished these sprints you will probably find yourself hungry.  It’s best to wait one hour after your sprints before eating anything.  If you put food in your body immediately after your sprints – your body will use the calories from that food to fuel itself.  If your stomach is empty then your body is forced to burn your stored calories.  This is a crucial part of burning off that excess belly fat.

4. Crunch Time:  You have probably seen all of those crazy ab busting machines on television and infomercials.  Don’t waste your time or money on these devices – all you need to do is standard crunches on the ground with your feet in the air.  The goal is to build your abdominal muscles at a steady pace.  If you can only do 25 crunches right now, start with that and add one extra crunch every day.  In one month you’ll be up to 55 crunches!  Keep adding 1 crunch per day for as long as you can. If you hit a plateau at 80 crunches, then maintain those 80 crunches for two weeks and then go back to adding one crunch per day.

5. Eating Curfew:  If you tend to snack on junk food or munchies after 8 pm then you are going to have a hard time getting the stomach that you desire.  When you take in junk food or excess carbs before bed, this food winds up sitting in your stomach and long intestine while you sleep.  Since you aren’t burning many calories while sleeping – these late night snacks usually wind up being stored in your stomach in the form of fat.  Make a pact with yourself not to eat after 8 pm.  If you have to break this rule, snack on something high in fiber such as an apple or applesauce.  This fiber will help speed up digestion and such snacks won’t linger in your stomach while you sleep.