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How tough is it to lose tummy fat? Well, it's the last fat to go, which might be an indication of toughness. Your tummy will shrink as you lose weight, but to get a lean chiseled look, you will have to bring your body fat levels down near the single digit margin.

Tummy fat manifests differently in each individual. Men, for the most part, gain weight in the stomach region, first. For most women, fat begins showing in the thigh and butt areas. There are exceptions, of course, but all the same to make that tummy tighter and firmer, weight loss must occur in all areas.

A small change in diet and daily habits can have an astounding weight loss and body firming effect. Depending on what activities you engage in, and even "more importantly" what activities you disengage doing can mean the difference between weight loss success and failure.

If you're not currently exercising, you may want to begin incorporating a daily walk of about 30 minutes after your last meal. This jumpstarts your metabolism and helps shuttle that food into your cells for energy use. Weight loss begins with small efforts. It's not prudent to push too hard at the beginning of any new weight loss program.

Let's dispel the big myth: You cannot spot reduce fat. What that means is, if you watch those late night infomercials and see them advertising an abdominal-concoction, don't buy it. Working your abs six days a week, as a general rule, will not remove the fat that covers them.

For even faster weight loss and tummy fat reduction, cut out late night eating. Do not eat within 2 hours of your bedtime, whenever that may be. Drink more water, 10 to 12 cups daily. Cut down on sugary sodas. If you absolutely have to drink a soda, go for the diet version. If you don't like diet, don't drink soda.

Your body will lose fat evenly, over time. The good news is you don't have to change the whole world. For maximum weight loss to occur you only need consistency, to do the same things over and over again. These simple weight loss tips will get you started and help you consistently lose more and more tummy fat, as long as you stick with them.

Good luck!

Losing body fat can be a daunting task especially if one does not have a plan on how to accomplish their goals. Weight loss is not a hard thing to achieve provided the proper diet is followed, the right exercise in the right amounts adhered to, and consistency in one habits is good. Below are 10 cornerstone facts that if followed will help one surely reach their weight loss goals. Always consult your physician before beginning any type of weight loss program and workout at a pace that feels most comfortable to you. Remember, you must enjoy the process as it will ensure the most like chance for success to occur.

Here are 10 tips to effective weight loss:

10. Workout for at least 45 minutes at a time. It can take up 20 minutes for the human metabolism to switch over to full fat burning mode during exercise. Until that time, often sugars and not body fat are used for fuel.

9. User intervals during your cardiovascular workout to burn more calories. Total overall calories burned is greater during interval training verses regular cardio workouts.

8. Workout before breakfast if possible. Working out in the morning has been proven to burn more body fat due in part to fasting all night while you sleep.

7. Eat a protein rich diet. Eating protein burns calories because it's harder to digest than other foods. It also won't interfere with fat burning during your workouts.

6. Limit carbohydrate intake. The less carbs one takes in, the faster they'll burn body fat when working out.

5. Drink water to increase the metabolism and performance. Water is needed for all bodily functions and the better hydrated one is the more efficient they'll be at fat burning.

4. Eat several times a day to increase metabolism. 5-6 smaller meals a day is better for fat loss than 2-3 larger ones as it keeps the body from going into starvation mode.

3. Reduce caloric intake but never too much. Calories taken in verses calories expended are the ultimate determiner a successful weight loss program.

2. For the fastest possible results choose activities like running and biking for burning the most calories over a given time range. Burning the maximum amount of calories is the most important virtue to weight loss.

1. Workout everyday if possible. Consistency is key, and one workout builds upon another. Fitness is a lifestyle and the best results are achieved when it is traded as such.

The majority of weight loss programs include substantial information about nutrition, food, and meal plans; however they usually fail to address important aspects of the regular person's life style. If you don't address these issues before starting a diet program even the very best weight loss plan will undoubtedly fail. There are questions everyone should ask them selves before they start any kind of weight loss program so they may succeed.

1. Can you accept what you cannot change?

People can be cruel; we find this out growing up as kids and even when we become adults. Even our families can hurt our feelings whether they intend to or not. One thing is for sure, no matter how or what you do to yourself you cannot change the way other people will react. "Oh you're in another diet plan; let's see how long this one lasts". Expect to hear people say this; especially if this isn't the first time you started a diet. What you can control is how you respond in side yourself and on the outside. The way you respond will determine your mind set.

2. What are your current eating habits?

Do you eat while your driving, or at your work desk? You need to determine how your current eating habits will factor in with the new food choices you will have.

3. Are you prepared to change your home environment?

You need to factor in how your home life will fit in with your new chosen life style. Are you home chaotic, messy, or even noisy? Do you barley have time to sit down and have one of your new gourmet meals? There will be a lot of planning and rearranging. How will you change this?

4. Are you prepared to eat differently than your friends and family at social functions?

Often times when people get together socially it involves eating. The problem with this for you is that maybe your friends or family don't eat the kinds of foods that your new lifestyle requires you to eat. This can be a huge problem because the temptations of the high in fat, high in carbohydrate foods that you have eliminated from your life are now sitting in front of you screaming at you to just have one bite. How will you address this problem?

5. Will you be able to monitor yourself objectively?

It happens to often that when people reach the ideal weight they think they can go back to their old eating habits. There is a huge warning sign that you should watch for. When your waist line on your pants get tighter will you just ignore it and continue destroying all the hard work you had accomplished? Or will you be able to be objective?

6. How the lifestyle of your family and friends can affect you losing weight?

If you live in a world where everyone around you is overweight, lazy, or just a coach potato stuffing their faces how will you be able to overcome this obstacle? Will you be influenced by them to fall into their bad habits or will their appearance motivate you?

7. Can I still eat out?

What kind of restaurants do you normally go too? Do you attend places where you can order something that fits your new lifestyle or do you go out for the quickie fast food binge? If the portions of your meal are too big will you be able to leave the extra food on the plate?

8. Is your kitchen prepared?

Take a look around your kitchen; if you've decided to take on a diet that involves you cooking the food do you have the right equipment? Where will you store what you need? What I mean is will you put the items where it will become a hassle to reach them or will you keep them where they are easily acquired? Do you have enough freezer or fridge space to store the supplies of food? What will you do to overcome this?

9. Are you being honest with yourself?

You try a new diet that you found on the web; this diet requires you to eat tons of fruit and vegetables. However, you know you can't stand fruit and have never liked the taste of vegetables. Who do you think will win at the end of the day? Probably the you that doesn't like fruit and vegetables. What is it that you do not like about fruit and vegetables? The color, the taste, the texture, and the time it takes to cook them? If you are planning to start a diet that involves something that you normally don't like you really need to sit back and address this. If you aren't being honest with your self then you will never succeed.

Now that you've sat back and taken the time to go over all these questions with yourself and decided whether or not you can accomplish them then you will know if you are prepared to put the work in that it takes to start, stick with and finish a weight loss program. If you cannot come up with a solution to these questions, then you probably aren't ready.