13 Perfect Tips and Tricks to Drop That Belly Fat before Summer ...

Great news: As it happens marathoning on the treadmill for an hour is not only boring as hell, but it doesn’t even give you that great of a workout. The experts say that if you are looking to flatten your abs, the best choice is interval training, which incorporates short bursts of high-intensity burnouts into your workout. This means running, squats, whatever you like. As an added bonus you will continue to burn calories for up to 16 hours after. That's why this happens to be one of the best ways to lose belly fat before summer.

One of the most common mistakes people make with doing ab work is jumping in without limbering up. This will cause you do most of the work with your back and hips. The core muscles are harder to get activated when areas around it are tense. Before you start doing crunches, place a foam roller in the center of the back at the shoulder blades and stretch over it with your arms up. Repeat this until the middle area of your back feels loose.

This may sound a bit weird but just listen for a sec. Researchers say that there is a certain compound in olive oil that stimulates a hormone in the stomach that tells your brain you’re full. This means it curbs your appetite so that body won’t feel as hungry. There’s no need to shoot it straight up, but you could dip some multigrain bread into a tablespoon of it about 15 minutes before you eat. This should help you to not overeat.

I know, if you’re feeling puffy, the last thing you’re going to want to do is chug water, but the experts tell us that it’s critical to keeping your metabolic rate regulated, which is your fat-burning mechanism. Drinking the recommended eight glass of water each day allows your body to work more efficiently, which makes your healthy eating and workouts more effective. And the more water you consume, the more excess fluid you will get rid of.

Anybody can tell you not to destroy half a pizza before bed, but munching on something healthy before bed can throw things off too. When you’re sleeping, you want your body burning your fat stores for fuel and not what you just ate. Make sure you eat enough at dinner and don’t consume anything at least two hours before bed.

Stress is one of the biggest belly fat-building offenders, and it has nothing to do with the fact that it can make you demolish a pint of ice cream. When you’re stressed your body starts to produce cortisol, which throws off your body chemistry and stimulates extra fat storage in the gut. When you start to feel stressed, close your eyes and take a few deep breaths for five minutes. This will relax you, which will calm down cortisol secretion.

Adult women need six to eight hours of sleep each night. If you regularly stay up late and miss out on your minimum, you will throw off your natural rhythm. This can cause your body to go crazy and overproduce hormones like cortisol. When you get the right amount of sleep each night, the body and the metabolism will stay regulated.

Passing on lunch saves some calories, but it’s really not. If you go for long periods without eating, your body can enter starvation mode, which means it will start to store everything you eat as fat since it's not sure when it’s going to get fed again. And any clue where that chub is going to pile up first? Yup, your belly. Experts say eating a healthy snack or small meal every three hours will keep the body fueled.

Not only are foods like broccoli, kale, and lettuce pretty much calorie-free, they also have a bunch of vitamins and are super filling. Munch on these as a snack or at lunchtime and you will be less likely to eat something bad and pudge-inducing.

Hitting up happy hour isn’t a bad thing, but when you start to drink too much you will end up packing on a few pounds since alcohol is digested as sugar and it will turn to fat. Look at a bottle of wine as a stack of cookies, they are converted the same way, so your intake should be moderated accordingly.

Cardio is critical for tummy toning, but weightlifting is just as important because it ups your lean muscle mass. The more muscle you have, the better the body will process calories and burn fat. You’ll get a sculpted middle and you will be able to eat more without packing on the extra weight.

The more strength training you do, the more muscle you will acquire, which is a good thing when you look at the metabolism-boosting benefits. The catch is, muscle may take up less room than fat, but they weigh more by volume. This means, when you up your workouts, you may find your pants fitting better but no change on the scale. This is the reason why you’ll feel better you stay away from the scale and look at the mirror.

Dark chocolate is packed with zinc, which is your belly’s best friend. Zinc improves your body’s leptin levels, which is a hormone that helps to regulate your energy expenditure, appetite, and fat storages. So nearly everything that impacts having that muffin top. You should go for dark chocolate that’s low in sugar and indulge in moderation, but it will help to chip away at the pudge.