When you picture the muscles around your stomach you have to think corset.  That’s right – the old-fashioned kind that holds everything in!   Those muscles form a band that reaches from your back right across and over your belly.  When they’re taut and toned then your stomach is flat.  When they’re stretched out of shape then everything hangs out.  The main muscles you want to think about are rectus abdominis (these stretch down the front of your abdomen), transversus abdominis (the deepest muscle stretching across your belly) and your obliques (particularly important for getting rid of love handles).

Learning how to exercise these muscles is not enough to guarantee a flat tummy.  You have to learn to exercise them in the right way.  That means not only toning your stomach but burning abdominal fat at the same time.  This I found out was the key to finally getting rid of my love handles.  My problem was that I didn’t have time for the gym or long workouts. 

I also wanted something that would get the fat off and keep it off.  So I was no easy customer – this was my body, my health and happiness!  I tried a bunch of exercise programs but none of them really worked for me and that was because they weren’t burning fat as well as toning it.  Once I found a program that did both, I gradually started to feel better about my body image.  It helped that when I finally found something that suited me the tummy fat began to melt away fast. 

As that was the main problem area it gave my confidence a huge boost.  That confidence in turn pushed me to challenge my body and build up to more advanced programs.  That’s the other tip I have for you – don’t  get complacent.  Don’t think that just because you’ve lost some the rest of the weight will just fall off.  This is especially true for love handles which tend to be more stubborn than other kinds of excess fat.  You need to keep at it, keep going and I promise you will see amazing results!

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