i need to get a flat stomach for the summer, 10 POINTS BEST ANSWER...?!

Hey, OK, first off, if it was me, plan out a routine that you can do daily. So, perhaps you could wake up in the morning and go for a jog...trust me, that honestly helps a lot. Running is a great way to burn off excess fat etc. It'll help you burn it off around the stomach and a little on the thighs. Start this off but do it for maybe 10-20 minutes a day, and don't over work yourself. You have a while to summer...the last thing you want to do is over do it.
You could also do aerobics and use jump ropes etc. Skipping is a great way to burn off fat like running...but with the aerobics, you can tone yourself and get that stomach of yours to get flatter.

Also, KEEP HYDRATED! Drink plenty of water, and avoid sugary drinks. Like I said earlier, don't over work yourself. Start this routine slowly, and build up from it.
I hope this helped...I'm hoping to get fit this summer too, and I'm gonna start a daily routine too :)

Hi .. I think you should buy beachbody insanity... this work out doesnt require equipment and is a hardcore cardio workout with meal plan that can change your body in two months (follow the meal plan and exercises) ... All you need to do this workout is a floor ... hoowever I dont recommend this if you are beginning to exercise (ITS VERY HARD)

If you are a beginner... try some warm ups -- body weight squats, lunges, running on sp[ot and stretching etc...

Then d oa circuit... i.e. Press ups, high knnes, lunges etc.... sit ups without stopping lets say for 5 mins.. then stop then repeat... There are soo many exercises I cant list them all and some equipment would help more but that workout i stated earlier would be amazing for you

P90X and INSANITY. Insanity made me drop a pant size, and I've heard of people that have lost 30+ pounds from it. It's only 2 months and you can do it at HOME with *no equipment needed.*


Info on those at www.beachbody.com

INSANITY grad, P90X grad.

go on youtube and type in abs the firm day 1. theres 5 days of it, and ive been doing it for about 3 weeks and i see a massive improvement.

It sounds to me like you just need to lose fat, not necessarily build muscle. What I suggest (and what I do myself) is a combination of diet and exercise. First, the exercise: I know of no exercise anywhere that is as effective for fat loss as the kettlebell swing. Instructions here:

http://www.kettlebellexercisefitness.com…

I had followed the diet detailed below for nearly two years and lost some 5 stones on it and felt great, but I could not for the life of me get my ab muscles to come through. I just could not get my body to lose that fat. In 7 weeks with the kettlebell swing, I have gone from no pack to starting to see the second rung of my six pack coming through. I can actually see the first rung in a silhouette. KB swings are simply awesome for fat burning. They burn something like 1200 calories per hour - around 20 calories per minute. It is just about the fastest burning exercise currently known - save for cross country skiiing uphill at a rapid pace or trying to keep the pace of a 6 minute mile for an hour.

I recommend starting off with a low weight - say, 8 kg - and doing 2 sets of 20 twice a week (say, Mondays and Thursdays). As you get into it, you can increase your reps and your sets. I do 6 sets three times a week, and I do them in two ladder formations of 25, 35, 40. I use a 12 kg bell, but that is the normal woman's weight. I am rehabilitating a bad shoulder. My wife has been using a 4.4 kg bell for 7 weeks and has lost all of her married weight. After 15 years of marriage, she now weighs less than she did when we met. Help on which weight to use:

http://www.kettlebellexercisefitness.com…

Now for the diet. I recommend you follow these four rules:

1. No white carbs - no fruit, no bread, no dairy - just meat, legumes, and vegetables
2. Same or similar meals 4-5x per day comprised of 35% protein, 35% legume, and 30% vegetable
3. Drink no calories and exclude diet drinks (i.e., only water, coffee, and tea) - lots and lots of water
4. Take one day off (24 hours) every week (six days from whenever you start; I do Saturdays)

These four rules get you to around 1500 calories per day, six days per week.

The day off is not optional as your body will try to slow down its burn rate of calories and adjust if you go too long on too low of calories. I typically have 5000-6000 calories on my day off and gain little or no weight. If I do gain weight it is lost in a day or two. There is a limit to how much your body can process into fat in a 24 hour period. If it isn't processed into fat, it isn't stored but just goes through you.

The point of this diet is to keep your metabolic burn rate high and to facilitate fat loss. This is accomplished by eating every 4-5 hours and eating high amounts of protein. If you want an added boost, peppers are known to increase the metabolism a bit, too.

On this diet, I dropped nearly 20 lbs in two weeks and kept losing. I have stayed on it as long as I have, frankly, because I really like the way it makes me feel. I mean, I can outdistance my son in a race home from the shops because my diet is so clean.

So there you have it. As much as I can in a forum such as this, I would dare guarantee that you will lose the weight you want to lose if you follow the diet I outline and do the kettlebell workout I suggest. Hope this helps you.

http://joshsgarage.typepad.com/articles/…
http://www.kettlebellexercisefitness.com…
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/200…
http://www.kettlebellexercisefitness.com…

Here's some good foods which I found to be filling and not containing a lot of fat

Breakfast
Strawberry Smoothie-1 large banana, as much strawberries as you want, some orange juice, water, and that's it.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich- your favorite type of cheese with no fat, wheat bread, and there you go. You can also add margarine butter to the bread and then add cheese

Toast- wheat toast and margarine

Berry Smoothie-orange juice, water, rasperries, blackberries, basically your favorite berries!

Veggie Omlette- fat free cheese, eggs, and veggies you like

Mix and match these items, I reccommend eat 2 of these for breakfast, don't just go for toast and nothing else, add a smoothie or sandwich

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
salmon with lemon juice
salad with light dressing/no dressing
lean meat(any meat that says it has only a little bit of fat)


Dinner
fish with a side salad
Soup (it fills you but the soup juice comes out as urine and not as fat, so eat as much as juice you want)
rice with lean meat and fish sauce
Anything you like that is low in carbs and fat is good


And as for gaining muscle, do push ups (if you can't do it on the floor do it on the wall), lunges, jumping jacks, dancing, running, lifting weights (it doesn't have to be dumbells, you can lift lamps, your pet if they're heavy enough, plants. any household object which is heavy to you)




Good luck.