Excess fat around your midsection can make the top button of your jeans your worst enemy. Trimming inches off of your waistline requires a reduction in your total body fat percentage; it is not possible to lose fat in one area of the body. Engage in regular exercise and adopt healthy habits to encourage fat loss and tighten up your waistline.
Decrease Your Calorie Intake
Consume fewer calories per day to encourage fat loss. Record everything you eat in a online food journal such as LIVESTRONG's MyPlate. Observe your calorie intake for one week. Add up your calorie totals for all seven days. Divide your total by seven to calculate the average number of calories you consume. Subtract 500 from your average to get the number of calories you need to lose about one pound per week.
Eat Healthy
Fill your kitchen with whole foods in their natural form to promote fat loss. If it swims, flies, grazes or comes from the ground, stock up. Consume foods like whole grain pastas and breads, fish, lean meats, poultry, healthy fats like olive oil and nuts, low fat dairy, fruits and vegetables. Try to avoid processed foods that are high in fat, sodium, refined sugar and chemical preservatives, which can sabotage your fat loss efforts.
Avoid Foods That Cause Belly Bloat
Even some healthy foods can cause tummy bloat. Stay away from foods like broccoli, beans and carbonated beverages that make your belly look puffy.
Train Your Abs
Work your abs three times per week to develop muscle, which increases metabolism to aid in fat loss. Include exercises that recruit all of the muscles in your core while targeting the obliques, or sides of the waist. Perform side crunches, Russian twists, v-ups and stability ball crunches for four sets of 25 repetitions.
Perform Circuit Training Workouts
Engage in circuit training three days per week. Circuit training develops muscle and burns fat to help you lose inches. Perform one exercise per muscle group, such as assisted pull-ups, dumbbell chest presses, squats, tricep dips, bicep curls and dumbbell shoulder presses for one set of 15 repetitions. Include 60 seconds of cardiovascular exercise such as jumping rope after each set to increase your heart rate and burn fat. Rotate through each exercise for 30 minutes.
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