Belly fat is stubborn and hard to get rid of. If you want to lose your abdominal fat to look great on your next vacation, to get healthy or to impress your husband, you need to eat right and exercise. Women take on a lot of responsibilities at home and at work leaving them feeling overwhelmed and stressed. This adds to many women's belly fat issues, because stress produces cortisol which is a hormone that causes fat deposits in your stomach. When you grab those cookies while working on a deadline, the calories are turning into belly fat.
Step 1
Calculate the number of calories you consume daily by using an online calorie measurement scale. Cut your caloric intake by 100 calories per day. According to "Fitness," a leading fitness magazine for women, you can lose up to 12 pounds by reducing your daily caloric intake by 100 calories. If you feel like you need to lose more weight, you can cut more than 100.
Step 2
Add foods that will help you lose belly fat into your daily diet. For example, add walnuts into your snack mix, start eating grapefruit with your breakfast and choose whole-grain bread over white bread. Stay away from diet sodas and foods that have sugar substitutes, because they're known to increase belly fat. Also, don't eat canned soups or foods with partially-hydrogenated oils.
Step 3
Make a list of five things you can do to prevent stress. For example, you might prevent yourself from getting stressed by practicing meditation, working out, taking an evening walk or reading a romance novel. Do at least one thing from your list every day. Remember, that you have to take care of yourself if you really want to lose that stubborn belly fat.
Step 4
Start exercising on a regular basis. If you're not already doing heart pumping cardio at least four times a week for 30 to 60 minutes, you need to start. Also, you should be lifting weights two to three times a week for 30 to 45 minutes to lose your belly fat faster.
Step 5
Shut the television off an hour earlier and get to bed. You need at least eight hours of sleep each night. When you're tired, your body sends signals that you're hungry to your brain, so you'll eat food and get some energy even when you shouldn't be hungry. You also drastically decrease producing the hormones that tell you that you're full. This combination leads to abdominal fat.
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