You want flat abs but you just can’t get rid of your flabby belly. You’ve tried every stomach exercise imaginable. Well I’m sorry to say but you can do all the sit-ups and crunches your body can handle. You may be physically active but without a sensible diet full of fruits and vegetables your belly will always be bigger than you want. If you want to flat and sexy abs, then you are going to need to make some diet changes.

Despite the facts showing otherwise, people still think they can get flat abs just by doing sit-ups and ab exercises. Little do they realize, your diet is what factors the most. Certain foods pack pounds on the midsection no matter what. Dietary experts reported in a recent study that women who ate almost fewer daily calories but chose the least nutritious foods had a two and a half times higher risk of abdominal obesity than those who made better eating choices. Here are some of the food factors you need to think about next time you are working hard at the gym on those six-pack abs.

Top 3 (of many) Things You Can Do Today to Lose Those lbs

No one was born over optimum weight, grew up longing to be over optimum weight, nor was pleased at achieving being over optimum weight as approaching adulthood (or sometime thereafter.) Never the less, approximately 127 million adults in the U.S. are overweight, 60 million obese, and 9 million severely obese (American Obesity Association 2005.) This isn’t healthy, doesn’t make anyone happy, and it is a situation called an “epidemic” by the Center for Disease Control. The good news is, in recent years 300,000 to 400,000 people died annually in the U.S. due to obesity related illnesses, now however, only 100,000 people die annually from obesity related illnesses (Center for Disease Control, 2007)–awesome! We’re making progress! No, folks aren’t getting in better shape, but the drugs to keep the overweight population alive have improved drastically! Thanks pharmaceutical industry! All right, what’s really been going on here?