Create
a Flatter Tummy
You can create a flatter tummy by using these 5 techniques. Within 3 months you'll see a difference in the size of your entire mid-section: tummy, waist, and upper hips.
- Improve your posture. You'll look slimmer immediately. What helps: Do the Tibetan exercises daily. Do Pilates-type or core strengthening exercise 1-2 times/week.
- Elongate your spine. The forces of gravity and age tend to compress the spine making it shorter, which is why a person gets shorter over time. By elongating the spine, you'll create more space for your internal organs. They'll no longer be compressed in a small space, so your mid-section will be thinner. Use an Inversion Table to elongate spine as well as Body Rolling (www.yamunabodyrolling.com) on the tummy and back..
- Strengthen core muscles. By now you've noticed that doing endless repetitions of abdominal crunches doesn't work. That's because strengthening exercises are only one part of the process. Be sure you pull in your abs when you crunch, or you could be building a pouched out belly. Do Pilates-type exercises or core strengtheners. Also do abdominal muscle-lock exercises several times a day. Blow out all the air in your lungs and hold your breath. Then tightly contract your abdominal muscles and count slowly to ten. Then breathe in. You can do the muscle lock in the shower, or stopped in traffic. You'll get fast results.
- Stretch your core muscles. You must do this to get results. While standing, do side stretches to elongate the sides of your body, stretch to touch your toes, and then stretch while trying to look at the wall behind you. You can also use a large FitBall. Lie on top with your face down. Move slowly forward and back, rolling gently on the ball. As you do, feel the spaces between your spinal vertebrae increase. Then, turn over and lie on the ball face up. Do the same stretching in reverse. This stretches the spine and also the abdominal muscles and the psoas muscle, all of which improve posture and elongate the body.
- Certain foods cause an increase in cortisol (stress) levels. High cortisol levels add weight around the middle. So avoid alcohol, caffeine, and starches, especially high and medium glycemic starches. The starches also contribute to water weight, which makes the belly seem larger than it is.