The belly is one area of the body which is too stubborn to tone up irrespective of how hard one works out or how much muscle mass they put on. Though one tries to maintain a strict diet and be healthy, the belly fat does not budge. Stress is the biggest problem that so many people all over the world deal with today and cortisol hormone is released in response to stress.
This hormone is necessary for human survival as your body secretes cortisol whenever any type of stress is experienced by your body. A cascasde of other physiological responses is initiated which is necessary for your body to keep functioning.
Take the instance of a emergency generator where the emergency generator starts to give power if the main source of electricity goes out. But the emergency generator kicks would not provide power for a long term . Same is the case of cortisol it would turn “off” many of the normal physiological mechanisms and turns “on” many temporary physiological mechanisms. Constant stress results in continuous secretion of cortisol and this becomes counterproductive to your body and seriously compromises your health and alters your metabolic process. This ultimately results in stubborn unrelenting belly fat!
Some of the tips that would help you to reduce stubborn belly fat.
Losing Excess Fat
Reduce your caloric intake ? One cannot reduce weight from one part of the body as one needs to lose overall weight of the body if one wants to lose belly fat. Thus it is important to cut down about 500-750 calories daily from your diet.
Focus mostly on protein, fruits and vegetables ? A lower carbohydrate diet would not only lose weight quickly, but also decrease the amount of fat you have.
Limit grains ? Limit foods like bread, rice and pasta as they are high in carbohydrates.
Skip added sugars ? The main culprits for excess stomach fat are sugar
Drink plenty of water ? Drinking plenty of water helps in shedding pounds faster
Getting Rid of Belly Fat with Exercise
Workout in the morning- Workout in the morning would help you to burn out many of the calories from fat.
Get aerobic exercise ? These burn calories and help speed up metabolism to lose weight faster.
Incorporate strength training ? Strength training will help tone muscle and also maintain lean muscle mass while dieting.
Do interval training ? High intensity interval training lose more fat around their stomach.
Modifying Lifestyle Behaviors
Target stress ? an increase in cortisol,a hormone causes the body to store fat. Thus emotional eating,or eating for comfort rather than out of hunger.
Get more sleep ? Lack of sleep can create a havoc on your appetite and body fat.
Exercise is also seen as a stress as the body can’t tell the difference between emotional and physical stress. If one is doing the wrong kind of exercise for weight loss the chronic cortisol levels would increase which would result in stubborn belly fat. The basic bottom-line is that one’s focus should be on enjoying a healthy lifestyle.
