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The topic is everywhere. It is in every health magazine and every fitness site. You can barely escape the grocery store without seeing magazine upon magazine of the fastest and newest way to get ripped abs. Unfortunately, like every other fad diet or exercise, there has only been way to get the results. Sweat it out and stick to it. Fortunately, there are many ways of to go about it. Lesson One: The big fat skinny lie Sit ups will not make you skinny! It's one of the biggest and most mass produced ideas in the fitness market. Muscle works muscles. It does not touch your fat! You burn very insignificant amounts of calories doing sit-ups. You need to do cardio, eat better, and lose weight if you expect to lose your midsection. I have seen countless examples of people doing a grueling amount of sit-ups with no real results because they never lost their stomach fat. However, it is true that the more muscle content on your body, the more natural calories lost. In other words, you have t

If you have high cholesterol or blood pressure, cutting back on fat and increasing fiber can help lower both. You may also lose weight in the process! Try these food changes to reduce your fat and saturated fat intake. Saturated fat is the hard, artery clogging fat and you want to stay under 20 grams daily whenever possible. Total fat should be less than 50 grams for women and 60 grams for men. 1. Eat only 1oz cheese instead of 2oz and save 5 grams saturated fat. One ounce is the portion of presliced cheese. 2. Buy 95% lean ground beef instead of regular ground beef and save 3.5 grams saturated fat for every 3oz portion. Three ounces is the size of a deck of cards. 3. Instead of whole milk choose 1% and save 3 grams saturated fat per 8oz serving. 4. Choose tub margarine instead of butter and for every tablespoon you will save another 5 grams saturated fat. Here are a few more ideas to trim your overall fat intake: 5. Use low fat cream soups instead of regular for your casserole dish an