Belly Growing Fat?

Belly growing fat? It is for most people today as the obesity epidemic continues to sweep the globe. Fat bellies are more common than flat abs.

First of all, I want you to know that I am a fellow struggler with you when it comes to fighting belly fat. Maybe you’re like me and you can’t eat a cookie without it making your belt feel tighter the next day. Some of us seem to add belly fat more quickly and it seems to hold on tight to our belly once it is there.

Here are two quotes to keep in mind as you seek to lose belly fat and get flat abs:

”The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” - Michelangelo

”The strangest secret in the world is that you become what you think about.” - Earl Nightingale

One of the most well-known experts in the world on losing belly fat has said:

This comes from the author of the all-time best selling book on burning belly fat! He knows exactly what kind of diet and exercise program it takes to lose belly fat. Yet he writes in the beginning of his book that it isn’t ice cream or inactivity that causes people to fail in losing belly fat. It is the lack of clearly defined goal.

Belly growing fat? Would you be so bold as to take this first critical step on your journey to flat abs? Don’t let jogging and eating rice cakes be your first step. Do some planning before taking action.

The author of the all-time best selling book on burning belly fat gives his 11 Step Goal-Setting Formula to losing belly fat. In fact, he calls it the most powerful goal-setting formula in the world.

Here are the 11 steps:

1. Set specific goals. Don’t make the common mistake of setting general goals. Specific goals are much more powerful. Tom recommends setting your goal “right down to the digit.” Whether this is number of pounds or a body fat percentage or a waist size, be specific with the number.

2. Set measurable goals. You need to know when you’re making progress. You might use the mirror to measure your success but it is really too subjective. You might use scales or a measuring tape. In the best selling book on losing belly fat, body composition measurement is recommended as the ideal method of measuring your progress.

3. Set big goals. When you have a belly growing fat you tend to start seeing yourself more negatively. This tends to cause us to look at someone with flat abs and say, “I could never look like that.”

We then settle for what we call more “realistic” goals. These puny goals are not motivating. What do you really want? This is what motivates you. Set that as your goal. Tom makes this challenging statement in his book:

Only someone very confident in hisplan would lay out such a challenge. Tom provides this plan in his best-selling book that comes with a money-back guarantee!

4. Set realistic deadlines. Losing 30 pounds might be your big goal that is certainly a realistic one. But losing 30 pounds in 30 days is not a realistic deadline.

Marketers use unrealistic deadlines to sell their weight-loss products. The end result is failure, frustration, and a loss of desire to pursue the loss of belly fat.

Your belly growing fat days are over but don’t expect your waistline to shrink overnight.

Here’s Tom’s tip on this:

5. Set long-term and short-term goals. You should have a list of goals instead of a single goal. Tom goes into much detail about this in his best-selling book. On page nine he has a list of six types of short and long-term goals to include in your plan. He also talks about the kind of people you shouldn’t associate with if you want to reach your goals.

6. Establish the emotional reasons why you want to achieve your goals. We all have those days when we don’t want to exercise and we want to indulge ourselves with the wrong foods. What is the secret to success on these days? Tom writes that the secret to staying motivated during these down times is to establish the “reason why” you want the goal. There is a great deal of emotion if you have a belly growing fat each year.

You need to wage an emotional battle to successfully lose belly fat. Tom has a list of questions to ask yourself to add emotional impact to your goal list.

7. Make sure your goals are not conflicting. Put all your attention on your number one most important goal. This one is very important and very misunderstood.

Don’t fall into the trap of trying to lose belly fat and gain muscle simultaneously. The way to do this is with the “zig-zag” method.

You can learn about the zig-zag method to burn belly fat and build muscle in this best-selling book.

8. Write out an extensive goal list in the form of affirmations. This is a powerful tool in goal achievement. There are three rules to apply when writing your affirmations.

9. Read your affirmations (your goal list) at least twice a day and always keep your goals “in front of you” and “on your mind.” You can lose the power of repetition to stop the continuation of your belly growing fat.

10. Read your goals with faith. You must believe that it is really possible for you to lose belly fat and have flat abs. Your belly growing fat days are over!

11. As you read your affirmations, mentally visualize them as already achieved. Start seeing yourself with flat abs. Tom gives this example of the effectiveness of this practice.

Legendary basketball Hall of Famer, Bill Russell, wrote this:

There are many more pages of information on goal-setting in this best-selling book on burning belly fat. It comes with a money-back guarantee. Get started today and stop the belly growing fat by the year epidemic.