The belly is the biggest problem area for weight loss for many men and women. All attempts to focus on this problem area with targeted abdominal exercises usually are not successful. While there are various reasons for this, if one knows these mistakes one can save yourself many futile and demoralizing attempts to get a flat stomach.

Misconception 1: It is possible to lose weight at a specific part of the body.

Losing weight only at your stomach or even any other specific part of the body is not possible. Unfortunately we do not have any control over where the fat burning begins in the body. But eventually it is certain that we will fall back on the fat depositis that we have accumulated at out belly. A basic premise to get our body to do this is that we have to have a negative energy balance, that means that we have to consume fewer calories that we actually need.
Misconception # 2: Doing a few abdominal exercises in the evening is enough

Unfortunately, you will not be succesful if you do some quick abdominal exercises.
Also, if you only do abdominal muscle exercises with their suitable exercises you will not achieve the desired goal of a flat stomach.

The reason for this is simple: what good do strong abdominal muscles, if they are hiding behind layers of fat? This means that for both our training and diet we have to have burning fat on our minds. A logical consequence is that we have to breakup our training sessions in muscle building training as well as cardio training.

Misconception # 3: Food is not so important

A healthy and balanced diet remains the basic requirement for success. The aim must be to get the amounts of calories that are needed to allow the burning of fat, while at the same time to ensure the physical performance needed for sports. We should look more closer at the main components of our food  (fats, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, water and minerals) . It is important to consider some basic principles of nutrition.

The most important thing is discipline. Try to gradually convert your everyday life and then do not fall back into your old habits, just because you are not achieving immediate results.