How to Get a Flat Stomach Fast

1. Eat healthier and cut down on junk food, such as replacing potato chips and chocolate with fruit. You'll see a world of difference.
2. Watch how many soft drinks you consume. Consider flavored water as an alternative if you must.
3. Do aerobic exercise daily at a 30 minute minimum and include 1-2 day(s) rest break each week. Anything that brings your heart rate up. Take up dancing, running,, tae-bo. (Power walking will only build your legs.)
4. Eat lots of lean protein (like turkey and skinless chicken), fruits and dark vegetables, and whole wheat breads and grains. They keep you fuller longer than white breads like in cakes, cookies, and sweets.
5. To better work the entire abdominal region, vary your exercises: crunches work the upper abdomen; leg raises work the lower abdomen; side bends work the obliques or also known as love handles.
6. It is better to aim at burning fat altogether since it is impossible to spot train. And sure, you can do 100 daily crunches. But if you've got a layer of fat covering up your ab work, then what's the point? You need to burn the stomach fat to see the changes.
7. Consider some form of an-aerobic exercise, as well. Some simple resistance training, or light weight lifting, will not only help you burn fat more efficiently, but tone up the rest of your body as well.
8. Raising your metabolic rate is crucial. The higher your metabolic rate, the more energy (and thus fat) you'll burn even when you aren't doing anything. Try compound exercises like deadlifts with heavier weights. See "How to Do a Deadlift" for more information.
9. To increase your metabolic rate, increase the frequency of your meals to 6-8 times a day. Every 2 to 3 hours injest a small meal. This increased frequency, will put your metabolisim into overdrive. WARNING do not over-eat... small meals only. For greatest effect only eat carbohydrates before 2pm, from then on, only proteins.

[edit] Tips

• Get someone to workout with you so you'll inspire each other. If you can't find anyone, try imagining you are with someone you know, a celebrity, or an athlete with abs you admire (this usually works better than actually working out with said athlete). Pretend they're there with you as you work out.
• Music will also do wonders to get a workout moving along! Make sure it's upbeat and motivating.
• While crunches are good for your abdominal muscles, make sure that you have a well rounded weight loss program. Millions of crunches won't help if you eat buckets of ice cream everyday!
• Be patient! Some people find it harder to obtain a flat stomach than others, as this is dependent on your own personal fitness level.
• Doing crunches on an exercise ball will specifically target your abdominal muscles, while doing them on the floor strengthens mostly hip muscle. Just the act of balancing on the ball alone will help tone abdominal muscles.

[edit] Warnings

• Do not starve yourself! If you do, your results will be temporary and you will feel frustrated sooner (and will give up quicker) And when you starve yourself, your body goes into something called "Starvation Mode" and it causes your body to obtain fat and it begins to eat your muscle instead of your fat. This slows down your metabolism (the thing that digests your food) and causes weight gain. While you might think that by not eating completely is most effective, in essence, it does to your body the reverse of what you want to actually happen.