If you're trying to lose belly fat, you may come across different strategies and techniques and tools. However most of them do not work. There are several common pitfalls that you will come across in your journey to achieve the six pack abs and a well-defined midsection. When you know about these pitfalls, it becomes easier for you to avoid them so that you can get your flat belly within a short time and also without wasting your time and money.

Pitfall 1- calories in calories out does not work

If you think that with the rule calories in calories out you can easily achieve a six pack abs or at least flat in your ab, you are mistaken. Body fat is not the only thing that is preventing you from having a flat stomach or seeing your abs. You have to know about two more factors. There is a layer of water retention which is hiding your definition and it is also making you look fatter than you are. You have belly bloat and internal fat which is pushing this to mark out from the inside and that is making your waist look thick and bloated. These are the two issues you need to be careful about and they will decide whether you can have a flat and define midsection or not. You will have to know about them and how to remove them because then only you will have a flat midsection and six pack ab.

Pitfall 2-crunches and situps will create the six pack ab

This is another common pitfall. People will tell you that if you do crunches and situps, they will help you to create your six pack abs. However, this is not the case and so most people do not get flat abs. Crunches and situps are good exercises for your abs but however they cannot alone help you to get the six pack abs. If you're doing too many of them, they can create problems for you. They may actually make your waist look thicker and they can ruin the possibility of having a flat stomach.

Pitfall 3-because of the body fat you look fat

Many people believe that their stomach is sticking out because they have too much of body fat. It is possible to have big bellies while having low body fat. If that is the case, it means that even though you have low body fat, you still may have a bigger belly. Your belly looks bigger because it is pushed out from the inside. This is a problem that can happen with anyone at any point of time.

Pitfall 4-it will take years

Many people also believe that to see your abs and to get the six packs, you will have to wait years. If one to lose any insured to it may take just a few weeks or just one week. You can reduce your waist size by an inch within days. It is important to do it right because only then you'll be able to reduce your waist size within a short time. If you keep pushing yourself with the same old outdated methods and focus on losing bodyweight on the scale, it may not help you to reduce your waist size. Losing the belly bloat and water retention is more important for you.

References

1. See Your Abs – By Best Selling Author & Celebrity Trainer Bruce Krahn
2. Abdominal muscles
3. The effect of abdominal exercise on abdominal fat