how to have a well defined abs without risking your eating habits?
349944
use a waist trimmer or something like that. and exercise.
427124
I suggest to run, some sit-ups or crunches only eat one plate of food and don't go over board on that one plate. Maintain a stable healthy diet.
88568
I find plain, old-fashioned crunches are the best thing in town.  Do 100 a day or more, and you'll be set for fantastic abs!
1021162
If you plan on doing 100 sit ups or crunches after a while it won't help.  100 will be good enough until your abs grow in strength to handle that.  Muhammad Ali said he would do sit ups until it started to burn then he would count out a hundred.  Also variations will help out as well like reverse crunch, decline crunches and any other variations.  For your abs to show definition all depends on your diet.  You can't just eat anything and work out abs and hope for definition you have to eat right to get that six pack.  If you don't eat right you will have some definition.
347230
First of all, you don't really need to do many ab specific exercises. You can do all the crunches, sit-ups, leg raises, and knee-ups you want. In the end it doesn't mean anything unless you shed the layer of fat covering your abs so that you can see them. This can be accomplished by doing cardiovascular exercises like, running, rowing, cycling, etc. You want to maintain a moderate pace for 30 minutes, at least or an intense pace for 5 minutes or a minute at a time for about 10 seperate sets. Of course you can do ab exercises to make the abdomen more pronounced in shape (use the above exercises). In addition, your diet must be clean. When I say clean I mean, no excess fats (no McDonald's, buddy!) and no excess calories of any kind. In order to shed the weight you have to burn more calories than you consume. This creates a calorie defecit. The cardio allows you to use your stored energy sources (fat) when you do cardio. I suggest doing 2 intense ab work-outs a week, and 3 seperate cardio work-outs a week. For abs, use crunces, sit-ups, leg raises, and sit-ups. Do 2 sets of each exercise until failure (when can no longer contract the muscles). To save time you may use weight to cut down on the number of repetitions; use a weight plate atop of your chest for crunches and sit-ups or between your feet for leg raises, for added resistance. Do not train your abs again until they have fully recovered (are no longer sore). Eat a ratio of 45%carbs/35%protein/20%fat. That's it. For the ab exercises, try to perform 15-20 reps with added weight. Don't add too much weight or your waist will broden and you'll decrease the v-taper of your upper body. You don't need a thickly muscled midsection. Just make it toned and defined by sticking to high, intense, reps. Good luck!
57086
You don't need super strong abs to have a washboard stomach.  But you need to be very lean.  You'll have to exercise and eat a healthy diet.
483606
I would suggest these :\n\nless callories\nmore cardio\nand of course abs. BUT HERE IS A TRICK. Quality is the most important not quantity. Make sure you contract your muscles for each rep you do. Otherwise you're doing them for nothing. If you can make 100 reps then you're not doing it the right way.\n\nHere is more info :http://www.globaldiets.info/body-fat-abs.php
846140
Diet diet diet. that's the secret to great abs. Don't kill yourself with situps and crunches, I mean do 100 every morning strict,\nand cut down on the carbs after 2pm while increasing your protien intake. And when I say protien I mean complete protien\nlike egg whites and whey powder, also make sure you do your cardio and some push ups and pull ups I would not worry about weights untile you get a little older.Good luck
516528
Doing alot of cruches and ab exercises will help, however as a guy thats the first place that fat accumulates within the cells.  If you're looking for minor definition ab exercises and monitor your fat intake.  For a 6 pack, you'd have to eliminate fat from your diet almost completely.  You don't want to eliminate all fat, because your body uses fat for energy.  If there's no fat for energy, the next energy supply is muscle tissue.  Also, family history has a role in it as well.  You may a longer battle depending on your family history.
393458
Without cardio you're not going no where..no matter how many crunches you do.\n\nAnd lower abs are the easier to develop.\n\nCycling especially is a killer when it comes to lower abs. It slowly burns off your belly fat and leaves a permanent mark on your stomach .\nAfter two months of cycling 60+ mins daily (to my summer job to avoid paying the bus fare), i started to see my abdominal fat disappear and funny shapes ppl call abs started to line up my stomach. I then started running the days i wasn't cycling. The results were great, and without doing a single crunch. Not to mention the rock-solid legs you will get on your way.\n\nSo forget about the gym. Summer is here. Get yourself a decent bike, a pair of running shoes, cut down on these damn fries, and hit the pavement. You'll be glad you did.
1094997
You apparently have a genetic predisposition for collecting fat around your mid-section.  Take a look at your relatives and you probably will find someone else who is like you.\n\nStomach exercises will not likely make much difference, though it is good to have strong abdominal muscles as they will protect you from have low back problems (a very common problem)  So I would not discourage you from stomach exercises, just don't expect the exercises to change much.\n\nReducing caloric intake is a start (spread small meals over the day so you don't depress your metabolism) but you would do very well to increase aerobic activity.  Bicycle riding, swimming, jogging, roller bladding, or any other activity that you do for some time (over an hour at a time) will be helpful in burning off that extra fat. \n\nOne last thing is that having extra fat around your mid section is a risk factor for heart disease.  So not only do you have an incentive to look better, it is something that will make you healthier too. \n\nGood luck.
406782
To get a flat stomach you need to watch your eating, and do the exercise. The key however is exercising your core when you do your regular exercise routine. Do cycling, rowing, etc, exercises that burn calories as well as work your core. Its like a double hit. If you just keep killing the abs you will never get there. Tie your ab workout in with your usual workout by finding ways to work your core.
321522
do crunches, leg lifts, drink a lot of water and stay away from carbs that are not whole grain.  Eat plenty of fiber, veggies and watch your fat intake.
954439
Doing a lot of abdominal exercises everyday won't do much if you've got a layer of fat covering it.  Everyone has a six-pack, but it's hidden (under the fat).  You have to do cardio to burn body fat.  Just doing crunches will only strengthen your abs, not expose them.
237016
Do crunches and cardio exercise,and eat right
1050395
It is physically impossible to lose fat from just one part of the body.  Your body has a pre-set map that determines where it is going to hold fat.   \n\nSo...your best bets are (and these presume you are doing a good ab workout anyway):\n\n1. Cardio.  start running, burn fat...\n2. Eat smart...as little junk as possible\n3. Drink plenty of water...flushes out fat and excess water..water retention will also hide your abs\n\nAnd..if all that works, you at a lean, fighting weight and overall muscular, and you still have that layer....liposuction!\n\nJust be sure you've tried the rest first.  Surgery carries substantial risk so don't go that route unless you have no choice.
599847
Diet is a large amount of what you are.\n\nIf you want 6 pack abs - focus on your caloric intake and carbs and protein\n\nFor each meal, choose 1 carb and 1 protein.\n\nTo cut down fat, you need to burn off more calories than you consume.  A good target (for me at least) is no more than 1000 calories a day ~300 calories a meal.\n\nIt took me about a month - but I started seeing the 6 pack by then.\n\nDo 3 sets of 15 crunches daily.  Also, look at doing swimming if you can for about 1/2 hour or jogging for 30 minutes.