Stay away from the desserts if you want to lose your jelly belly in a hurry.
Image Credit: Lilyana Vynogradova/iStock/Getty Images A jelly belly does not actually have jelly rolling around in it; although high amounts of jelly in the diet can certainly contribute. It is basically a gathering of flab that makes the belly look soft. For you to quickly lose this feature, you need to be very focused and willing to make dramatic changes with your diet and exercise habits.
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Reduce Caloric Intake
Lower your caloric intake.
Image Credit: nensuria/iStock/Getty Images Being that you want to lose your belly fast, reduce your daily caloric intake by at least 500 calories. When you eat meals, take a bite of food, place your fork down and fully chew and swallow before reaching for another bite. When choosing foods, do not eat anything that is high in fat, sodium and sugar. Keep your diet clean and high in nutrients by eating fruits, vegetables, lean meats, poultry, fish, whole grains and beans.
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Avoid Liquid Calories
Avoid drinking calories.
Image Credit: Caracarafoto/iStock/Getty Images Consumption of liquid calories will not only prevent you from losing your jelly belly fast, but it will actually add to the fat. Give up all the sweetened and high calorie beverages and replace them with water which has zero calories. By also drinking water with your meals, you will give yourself a feeling of fullness.
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Eat More Often
Eat more frequently.
Image Credit: matthewennisphotography/iStock/Getty Images Eating more often can help if you want to lose belly fat fast. By eating a small meal every two to three hours throughout the day, you will keep your energy levels high, metabolism elevated and stomach feeling satisfied. Eat meals that contain protein and complex carbs. Broiled haddock with steamed broccoli and wild rice is a meal example.
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Start Your Day with Breakfast
Be sure to start your day with a healthy breakfast.
Image Credit: mathieu boivin/iStock/Getty Images When you roll out of bed in the morning, do not start your day by grabbing your car keys and walking out the door. Instead, fix yourself a bowl of whole grain cereal or oatmeal made with low-fat milk or soy milk. According to MealsMatter.org, when you eat breakfast, your body feels nourished and satisfied, making you less likely to overeat the rest of the day. If you do not like cereal, opt for yogurt with granola mixed in or whip up an egg white omelet.
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Increase Your Cardio
Perform cardiovascular exercise at least four days a week.
Image Credit: Mike Watson Images/moodboard/Getty Images For fast weight loss in your belly, or any other location in your body, perform cardiovascular exercise. The American College of Sports Medicine recommends 60 to 90 minutes of cardio for weight loss. Perform cardio at least four days a week and do any form that you enjoy as long as it is at a moderate to high intensity.
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Do Circuit Training
Circuit training is a good way to blast fat.
Image Credit: kzenon/iStock/Getty Images Circuit training is a form of exercise that blends weight training with cardio. Exercises are performed back to back with short rest breaks in between and the circuit is then repeated multiple times. This type of training will build metabolically active muscle while burning significant calories. Perform exercises like push-ups, lateral raises, dips, biceps curls, lunges and jump squats.
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Tighten the Abs
Perform ab exercises to tighten your stomach.
Image Credit: Monkey Business Images/Monkey Business/Getty Images To tighten and tone your stomach, perform ab exercises that work your upper, lower and oblique areas. Planks, leg raises, regular crunches, double crunches, side bends and bicycle crunches are examples. Keep in mind that these exercises will do little in the way of fat burning.
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The Washington Post: Those Liquid Calories
Meals Matter: Eating Breakfast Helps Weight Loss
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The Washington Post: Those Liquid Calories
Meals Matter: Eating Breakfast Helps Weight Loss
Stay away from the desserts if you want to lose your jelly belly in a hurry.
Image Credit: Lilyana Vynogradova/iStock/Getty Images
Image Credit: Lilyana Vynogradova/iStock/Getty Images
Lower your caloric intake.
Image Credit: nensuria/iStock/Getty Images
Image Credit: nensuria/iStock/Getty Images
Avoid drinking calories.
Image Credit: Caracarafoto/iStock/Getty Images
Image Credit: Caracarafoto/iStock/Getty Images
Eat more frequently.
Image Credit: matthewennisphotography/iStock/Getty Images
Image Credit: matthewennisphotography/iStock/Getty Images
Be sure to start your day with a healthy breakfast.
Image Credit: mathieu boivin/iStock/Getty Images
Image Credit: mathieu boivin/iStock/Getty Images
Perform cardiovascular exercise at least four days a week.
Image Credit: Mike Watson Images/moodboard/Getty Images
Image Credit: Mike Watson Images/moodboard/Getty Images
Circuit training is a good way to blast fat.
Image Credit: kzenon/iStock/Getty Images
Image Credit: kzenon/iStock/Getty Images
Perform ab exercises to tighten your stomach.
Image Credit: Monkey Business Images/Monkey Business/Getty Images
Image Credit: Monkey Business Images/Monkey Business/Getty Images
The Washington Post: Those Liquid Calories
Meals Matter: Eating Breakfast Helps Weight Loss
