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Waistline Reduction

Reducing your waistline helps you fit into your old jeans or pants. Unfortunately, there's no easy fix for a larger mid-section. But with effort and consistency, you can drop a few inches off your waist.

  1. Benefits of Diet

    • Eating the right kinds of foods plays a major role in waistline reduction. High fat and sugary foods increase weight when eaten in mass quantities. Reducing food portions, eliminating unhealthy selections and eating fewer calories per day helps slim the stomach. Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and low-fat meats.

    Solutions

    • Exercising your abdominal muscles in conjunction with a healthy diet helps you achieve your weight loss goals. Do cardiovascular workouts to burn calories and integrate core exercises such as crunches and leg lifts to tighten the abdominal muscles and slim the waistline.

    Warning

    • Too much sodium and drinking very little fluids can also increase the size of your waistline. Fortunately, water weight is easier to lose than fat, and drinking more water (about eight glasses a day) and cutting back on salt helps get rid of fluid retention around the waistline.

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