How long does it take to get a flat stomach?
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You can get a flat stomach by reducing fat by doing aerobic exercise and by changing your diet. Crunches and other ab exercises will only tone your stomach muscles, but they can't be seen if they are under a layer of fat.
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Depending on how you exercise and how long and what you eat!\nIt could take 3 months or it could take a year. It also depends on where you are physically. If you are "overweight" don't expect to be "ripped" in 3 weeks and maybe not even a year, but do expect to see some change not matter what.\nYou have to remember you are always going to be your own worst critic when it comes to your physical appearance and you are always going to be stiving for the look you see on other people in the gym or in media, but remember there are people looking at you wishing the could look like you too as you attain your goals. Just have fun and enjoy working out for the benefits of health and they way it makes you feel about youself. Attaining the perfect pyhsique is just like being bulemic or anorexic, you can come to point where you are never happy with what you do or look like and that is the danger of taking it to far. Some people can achieve goals easy, some have to work hard and some no matter what they do can never attain them. Your bodies physiology determines how far you can go in appearance and sometimes you have to settle for the best you can do or you'll end up hurting yourself than healing yourself!
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It will take you a bit longer than 20 days to gain good weight like lean body tissue (Muscle). Try setting a reallistic goal like 3 to 6 months. \n\n\nFat on the other hand, just go to Burger Whopper and chow but you will not like the type of weight that you gain from that.
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Nothing works better than abdominal exercises. They all work, but they require determination. However, if u want a flat stomach, it's worth the efforts. Most important" if you're also overweight: stay off greasy foods!
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First of all, congrats on your weight loss efforts! If you want to flatten and tone your stomach, what you need to do is strength train. That means doing crunches (the regular crunch and reverse crunch), the bicycle crunch, the side crunch, the ab reach and the crunch on a workout ball are all good. For info on doing these exercises check out: http://www.toneteen.com/exercises/stomach.htm \n\nDoing these exercises with weights will help build muscle and your abs will look even better! Good luck!
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sit-ups are the old fashioned way of getting your stomach in shape. these are when you go all the way from the floor to your knees. crunches are a newer concept and are much better for you. put your hands behind your head and stare at the ceiling. bend your knees just like you were going to do sit-ups. now try to get your face as close to the ceiling as possible. you'll only go a few inches, but that's the idea. isolate your stomach muscles and try to use them only. do not use your hands to pull on your head or neck. at 14, you should see results in a few weeks.
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dont worry! your stomach is just digesting all the water that you took in and you will lose that belly bulge in 2 days or less. its just water and doesnt have any fat.
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The best way to a flat stomach is running followed by crunches.  The trick is mind over matter.  The goal usually is to work out the least amount of time while getting the best results.  The secret= HEART.  120% effort maximizes results while decreasing the amount of time needed.  You can not BS yourself doing low comfortable speeds on the treadmill. In order to get the best results in business, life, and fitness; you have to push yourself.  Example, say I normally run 2 miles at speed 6 on the mill; next time I get on I put the mill upto 7.5 and run 1.5 miles.  The most valuable lesson I ever got taught was that when you think your done, you let your heart and mind tell you, you got 3 more (and do not settle for anything less).  Back to a flat stomach, 3 days a week running less as you push yourself to go faster accompanied by 150 crunches. Hopefully this helps you.
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The only way to have flat abs is to burn fat. No amount of situps will ever give you a six-pack. Situps and similar exercises work the muscles *under* the fat. If you want to be able to see the muscles you've got to lose the fat.\n\nThat's all well and good, but how? You have to use more energy than you consume. How do you burn more energy? Aerobic exercise, you've got to get your heartbeat up for extended periods of time. \n\nYou should also look at your diet. Eating multiple small meals throughout the day is a good start (it takes energy to digest food, make your body work for you). When I was kick-boxing all the time, I used to eat 5-7 meals a day at about 6500 calories total and I couldn't keep weight on.\n\nWhat you eat is extremely important. You want to make sure you're getting enough energy to power your motor, without excess getting converted to fat. Fail to eat enough of the right things (protein, carbs), your body will cannibalize muscle. Less muscle means lower metabolism, which means you burn less calories each day.\n\nFinally, you should have realistic goals. You want flat abs by 12/16/06. Even with a good diet and exercise regimen, 1-3 pounds a week of weight loss is excellent. If you think you're going to drop more than 10 pounds in a month, think again. You *can* do it, but it's not a good idea. For one, once you start eating like a normal person you'll rebound MORE weight than  you initially lost. Starvation diets are a bad idea in general. \n\nIf you can't get to your target weight by the scheduled time, adjust your goals. setting impossible goals only makes people feel depressed and less likely to continue. Instead, set several smaller, easier goals - then have a small reward each time you reach one. This will keep you interested, and on the straight and narrow. For instance, I'd have ice-cream on Saturday if I went to the gym like I wanted to the rest of the week. It's a little thing, but it breaks the monotony. You shouldn't have to weight until you lost every ounce of body fat to indulge - just keep it in moderation - and realize a healthy body is an ongoing process, not something you reach and then slack-off forever.\n\nCheers,\nOdd
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Many people have intolerances to wheat and/or dairy products.  Try completely eliminating dairy for two weeks, and if that doesn't result in a change try eliminating wheat for two weeks.  When you're not eating dairy make sure to take a calcium supplement, and when you're not eating wheat make sure that you eat other whole grains (oats, rye and brown rice, for example).\n\nFood intolerances often result in bloating, so eliminating these foods from your diet could potentially make your stomach flatter.  If it's not about food, you're just going to have to do more cardiovascular exercise (running, swimming, bike riding, boxing, aerobics, etc) to lose fat from all over your body.  Sit-ups and crunches will build your stomach muscles but they won't make your stomach any flatter.  In fact, if the muscles are sitting below a thick layer of fat, these type of exercises will just make your tummy look bigger!
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ok all u need, lay down flat on the floor, put your legs to your needs, then push your belly up from the floor,and leave for 5 mins or count to 300. or 200 bak wards. do this for 4 days 1 on 1. then do what u want later till the next week. do this for longs u want ,u well get your flat belly. i been doing it . it's not what u eat, it's how much u eat.\ni am 6. good luck
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You are gonna get a ton of ppl saying "do situps", but SIT UPS DONT BURN FAT!!! Only cardio does. So walk, run, jog, bike, swim, etc for at LEAST 30 minutes, 5x a week if not everyday. You cant spot target fat loss, it comes off gradually everywhere.
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To show a 6 pack, you must not be fat.  Once you got rid of the fat through lots of cardio: 20 minute intervals or 40 min non-intervals 3-5 days/week, getting a 6 pack is easy, just do lots of side crunches: hands behind neck, left elbow to right knee, right elbow to left knee, and repeat for 1 minute, rest for 1 minute (stretch tummy/back with cat and camel), then do side crunches again.  Do this 3-5 days/week.  Remember, you have to get rid of the fat!
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You won't see any changes until the second or third week of your session. Two things you have to keep in mind though. One, you only need to excerise at least 30 minutes a day. Two, your muscles actually grow when they are resting. (Strange isn't?)\nAnd just to add on, try to work another part of the body after one exericse. Since the abs are the hardest part to work on. Work on them the most!
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First, you should stick with crunches..they are less stressful on your back and focus more on the correct muscles. Then, if you cut out all fat from your diet and limit your caloric intake, you will see results in 3 - 4 weeks. That is, if you are doing a serious ab routinue of at least 25 minutes/day (with 1 day off a week).\nIf you have a not-so-healthy eating lifestyle, doing sit ups will not help and you will most likely not see any results unless you are doing a complete ab workout (obliques, crunches, roman chair, scissors, leg lifts, etc.) for at least 2 hours/day. \nThe best way is to cut fat (soda, junk food are the easiest) and gradually build into a harder and harder workout where you start at 3 sets of 30 sit ups for a week and add one set and 10 reps per set every week. In ten weeks, you will have a solid workout that will produce very good results. With every workout routine, you should be doing a cardio-vascular exercise (running, biking, brisk walking) to burn calories. And always consult a doctor for the proper workout schedule for your age and body type.
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on diet...\n\nThe only way you can keep your stomach flat and hard is if there is no layer to fat covering it and the best way to lose fat is simple - exercise. If possible, do some cardio first thing in the morning before eating any full meals. This burns the maximum amount of fat. Since your body has not had any food for the last 7-10 hours, it burns the fat in your body for energy. If not, then cardio and a little weight lifting anytime of the day will do. It is important to build some muscle since it will aid in your fat loss. The more muscle mass you have, the faster your metabolism.\n\nAlso, try eating small meals more frequently as opposed to the big 3 (breakfast, lunch, dinner). try to eat a small meal every 3 hours. The reason for this is that your body burns more calories since it is constantly digesting something in your stomach and will raise your metabolism. It is also useful to eat small meals because your stomach will not be stuffed and will always have a smaller look. If you are afraid of doing this because you might end up eating more, try this: when you are about to eat lunch, separate everything on your plate into 2. eat half and leave the other half to be eaten 3 hours later. do the same with dinner.\n\nlastly, losing weight is just simple math. If your calories taken in is more than when you use up (exercise, daily activities, metabolism, etc) then you gain weight. If it is less, then you lose weight. If you are really determined to lose weight then i suggest you start counting how much calorries you consume a day and cut it by 300-500 each week until you notice some results.\n\nif you are really serious, avoid eating foods high in sugar without any real nutritional value (chocolate, cakes, doughnuts, ice cream, all desserts) and foods way up there in the calorie scale (pizza, fried anything, etc)\n\n-----------------------------------------\n\nby doing all of the above, you will be able to achieve a lean body with a good body fat percentage. This will ensure that your stomach is flat and hard. However, if you want abs (im assuming that you do) you will have to train them hard. There are quite a number of exercises for the abs on this page http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.htm like the different variations of crunches and oblique exercises to get you started.
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You need to hit the gym babe and you gotta go on daily jogs. Do 100 to 200 situps each night. You should see results. Oh, and it may sound prissy, but Pilates really work too! My stomach got flatter and I formed some abs in about a month of all that and eating right. You're doing great with the eating(make sure your portion size isn't too big). You're half way there!