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Our stomach is one area of our body that takes the maximum amount of effort and the longest possible time to reduce. Therefore, it is necessary to not only exercise but also to go on a well planned diet to derive the desired effect. Start your day with a tall glass of hot water that has one tablespoon of lemon juice and one teaspoon of honey mixed into it. Apart from this, try drinking warm water throughout the day. If you can drink around 11 to 12 liters of warm water every day, it will prove to be highly beneficial. If not, then do make it a point to drink at least 8 liters of warm water every day. From your daily diet, totally eliminate all types of fried foods, aerated drinks, potatoes, rice, white bread, and if possible alcohol as well. Make sure you include lots of vegetables and fibrous fruits in your diet. Foods that are high in protein but low in fat, such as, egg whites, yogurt, soy milk, fish, poultry, beans, tofu, and lentils should be part of your diet. However, do not forget to include a healthy quantity of carbohydrates in your diet, as they are the primary source of energy to the body. But make sure the foods containing carbohydrates are heavier of the fiber and lower on the fat. Make sure you do not snack in-between meals. This will really hinder the whole process of losing weight. Instead, you can have small meals five times a day. Even then, if you still feel hungry, make sure you snack on fruits, nuts and raw vegetables.
Apart from these dietary changes, start a dedicated exercise regime. Initially, start off with just brisk walking for half an hour every day. Follow the walk with a set of 8 simple stomach crunches. It is very important that you do stomach crunches as that the only exercise that works the stomach muscles, thereby helping to reduce the stomach. Due to the walk your body will be warmed up, this will increase the effect of the crunches. Increase the count of the stomach crunches every day by one. You can also increase the amount of time that you brisk walk every week by five minutes. If you want to hurry the process of reducing your stomach, after a few weeks include swimming to your exercise regime. And along with simple crunches, include some variations to the crunches, for example side crunches.
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