Fitting into your favorite suit or pair of jeans can be a challenge when you have a little extra weight on your belly. You envision yourself with a sculpted flat stomach like the men in the infomercials for weight training machines. Getting rid of love handles without the use of diet fads or surgery is possible with a healthy diet and targeted strength training exercises.
Step 1
Decrease the amount of calories you eat per day. Track your calories using an online weight management tool like LIVESTRONG.COM's MyPlate. Monitor your consumption to see the average number of calories you consume daily. Subtract 500 calories from your average to create a calorie deficit to lose about 1 lb. per week. Dropping your total body weight will help you lose weight in your midsection.
Step 2
Perform abdominal exercises to build muscle to tone up your stomach. Do 25 crunches. Execute 25 leg raises---lie on your back with your feet toward the ceiling and lift your hips to work your lower abs. Hold your body in a plank for 30 to 45 seconds---lower your body into a push-up position on your elbows. Repeat the circuit of exercises four times.
Step 3
Eat healthy foods like vegetables, fruits, whole grain bread and pasta, oatmeal, chicken, fish, lean steak and low-fat dairy like cottage cheese that fill you up with fewer calories, notes MayoClinic.com.
Step 4
Drink a minimum of eight glasses of water per day to replace fluids lost during your workout and throughout the day to avoid bloating caused by dehydration.
Step 5
Do 30 minutes of moderate intensity cardio to burn more fat. Jump rope, walk or jog on the treadmill, take an step aerobics class or step on the elliptical machine.
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