What Is Belly Fat?
What Causes Belly Fat?
Poor Diet
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Sugary food slows metabolism. Low protein, high carb affects weight, in that they get digested faster leaving you hungry therefore you end up eating more.
Protein helps a person feel fuller for longer. Eat carbs with more fibre in them rather than refined carbs. Fibre rich carbs such as fruits & vegetables, whole grains and beans or lentils help slow digestion and absorption of this Carbs.
Lack Of Exercise
Consuming more calories than you burn off will cause weight gain. Excess calories are stored throughout your body as fat. Your body stores this fat within specialised fat cells (adipose tissue) — either by enlarging fat cells, which are always present in the body, or by creating more of them. If you decrease your food intake and consume fewer calories than you burn up, or if you exercise more and burn up more calories, your body will reduce some of your fat stores. When this happens, fat cells shrink, along with your waistline.
Stress
Stress makes You sick.
Cortisol, a steroid hormone helps the body control and deal with stress. When someone is stressed, the body releases cortisol and this impacts on metabolism.
People often reach for food for comfort when they are stressed and cortisol causes excess calories to remain around the belly for later us.
Poor Sleep
Insomnia causes unhealthy eating.
How To Lose Belly Fat.
Improve Diet
Abs are made in the kitchen. Avoid junk food. It doesn’t have to be a total restriction as you can create a cheat day once in a week then slowly progress to once a month. Avoid refined carbs and introduce yourself to fruits, vegetables, lean proteins and wholesome carbs.
Healthy Carbs.
Get Enough Sleep
Getting enough sleep stops you from eating all the time. It also helps the body to rest , heal and recover.
Exercise
Physical activity helps you control your weight by using excess calories that would otherwise be stored as fat. Most foods you eat contain calories, and everything you do uses calories, including sleeping, breathing, and digesting food. Balancing the calories you eat with the calories you use through physical activity will help you reach and maintain a healthy weight.
Calories in Food > Calories Used = Weight Gain
Calories in Food < Calories Used = Weight Loss
Calories in Food = Calories Used = Weight Control
What is Spot Training? https://harryjeanlouis.fitness.blog/2020/02/04/spot-training/
Work out focusing on your tummy alone will not make your tummy flat. You will only develop stronger abs but they wont be visible because of the fat layer covering your stomach. This is why you need to incorporate full body workout since calories being used to fuel your workout will be sourced from the entire body.
I recommend incorporating exercises such as deadlift and squats as they recruit almost every muscle in the body. Another way is to HIIT your Abs workout.
Harry Jean-Louis Fitness 