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Tips to a flat stomach

1. Eat healthier and cut down on junk food, such as replacing potato chips with fruits!
2. Do aerobic exercises daily at 30 minutes minimum. Anything that brings your heart rate up will work. Swimming, walking, and even fun dancing can help you lose weight!
3. Eat lots of lean protein, fruits and dark vegetables, and whole wheat breads and grains. They keep you fuller longer than white breads like cakes, cookies, and sweets. Also, stay away from high-fat dairy products (low-fat dairy products are a great source of protein and calcium).
4. To better work the entire abdominal region, vary your exercises: Crunches work the upper abdomen, leg raises work the lower abdomen, side bends work the obliques (also known as love handles). Sure, you can do 100 daily crunches. But if you've got a layer of fat covering up your ab work then what's the point? You need to burn the top layer of stomach fat to see the changes.
5. Consider some form of an aerobic exercise as well. Some simple resistance training or light weight lifting will not only help you burn fat more efficiently but tone up the rest of your body as well.
6. Raising your metabolic rate is crucial. The higher your metabolic rate, the more energy (and thus fat) you'll burn even when you aren't doing anything. Try compound exercises like deadlifts with heavier weights.
7. To increase your metabolic rate, increase the frequency of your meals to 6-8 times a day. Every 2 to 3 hours, ingest a small meal. This increased frequency will put your metabolisim into overdrive. WARNING: Do not over-eat! Small meals only. For greatest effect, only eat carbohydrates before 2:00 p.m., from then on only proteins.
8. Do crunches every day. You must be consistent or else, it won't work. The only person holding you back from your dream stomach is you!
9. Do a lot of cardio.
10. Make sure you don't eat anything 2 hours before you sleep. Your body slows down when you sleep so you can't digest food properly.
11. Some of the best exercise for achieving flat stomach are Abdominal Crunches, Vaccum Pose and Belly Rubs, Stomach Twisting, Belly Resting Exercise, Russian Twist, Hip Raise Exercise, Dumbbell Side Bends, Leg Lift Exercise, Air Cycling, Knees In and Out, Sit Ups, Inclined Sit Ups, Front Squat, Reverse Crunches, Ball Crunches, Log Roll, Ab Tuck, The Crab Ab Workout, Side Crunches, V Crunches, Chin Up Crunches, Hanging Leg Raise and Hanging Knee Raise.

Extra tips:
***DON'T skip breakfast! Skipping breakfast may actually cause opposite results!
***Don't keep unnecessary snacks around the house

Any more tips? Please comment and let us all know!

How to lose 3-5 pounds

Did you know that for every year that you drink soda, you can gain up to 3-5 pounds?

So doing something as simple as cutting back on the amount of soda you drink, or even switching your soda's out for water can reward you with losing those stubborn pounds you just can't lose!

Extra tips:
***Drinking 8 cold glasses of water a day can reduce water weight
***Drinking oolong tea can increase metabolism

How to get clear skin!

Alright, so I’ve read a lot about “getting rid of acne fast”.
Truth is, there’s no way to have flawless skin overnight, and I’m not really very interested in spending a lot of money on products that I don’t even know whether or not they work.

And here’s what I’ve come up with, the best way (for me anyways) to get clearer skin:

01. Get baking soda.
02. Put a little bit into any container.
03. Add just enough water that the baking soda becomes a paste
04. Apply all over to face, or even just to major problem areas. (I suggest all over)
05. Leave on for about five minutes, maybe a little longer if you have worse acne.
06. Wash off with warm water
07. Pat dry with towel and you’re done!

Extra tips:
**Try doing twice a day, once in the morning, once before you go to bed.
**Wash pillow covers frequently, because oil and bacteria build up on them easily.
**If baking soda is causing irritation, try adding more water and not leaving on as long, and only applying once a day.

Let me know how this works for you! It was great for me!

Day Two

Alright, so day two of this blog. And not a single comment!
I seem to be doing something terribly wrong.

Hello!

Alright.
So this is my very first post on blogger!

I'd really like to be able to become a stay at home mom, and I'm currently expecting (5 months!)
So I'd like to provide others with information that I have found, along with hearing comments and advice from everyone else! Also, I'd like to let you know how my experiment is going!

However, I'm only currently 17, and was hoping more on others inputs and advice!
So hopefully I attract some viewers who are willing to help me throughout this journey!