How to Get a Flatter Stomach in Just One Week

If you want to reduce fat in the stomach in one week, you will need to lose fat throughout your entire body. According to the True Star Healthy website, there is no such thing as spot reduction. Strength training, cardiovascular exercise and adjusting your eating habits are all required to flatten your stomach fast. Learn about the steps you can take to accelerate fat loss.

Tips

1. Drink at least eight glasses of water throughout the day to flush sodium, which causes bloating, out of your system. Avoid drinking energy-draining alcohol which has only empty calories you don't need.

2. Don't stress and try to stay relaxed by breathing deeply and meditating. Cortisol is released in the body during times of increased stress. This stress hormone is believed to increase fat especially in the stomach area according to the Marilyn Glenville website.

3. Do interval training combinations with long and short, high-intensity spurts, three days or the week, to maximize fat burn more so than regular cardiovascular exercise will. Toggle back and forth from several minutes of cardiovascular exercise at an easy intensity to several minutes of cardio at a high intensity. Build each session up to 30 minutes.

4. Initiate strength training exercises, three days per week, for prolonged fat burn. Strength training builds muscle mass and keeps your metabolism activated long after you're done with your workout.

5. Add a variety of stomach exercises to your workout routine to target the obliques, and lower and upper abdominals. Include exercises such as sit-ups, crunches, side bends, torso twists, planks and reverse crunches.

6. Eat a balanced diet and spread up to six small meals over the day to force the metabolism to stay active and to minimize cravings. Eat fruits, vegetables and whole-grains to increase your fiber intake. Limit carbohydrates and consume them early in the day. Include unsaturated fats to feel full longer. Eat lean protein to promote muscle development and fat burn.

7. Maintain good posture while standing or sitting because it instantly makes you appear slimmer. Don't slouch or slump because it accentuates the belly.