Have you tried everything under the sun to get a flat stomach, only to come up disappointed? Have you fallen prey to all the gimmicks, fad diets and shameless infomercials promising you that elusive flat stomach that you desire?

Well fret no more, I’m going to let you in on the two ‘secrets’ that will help you shed unwanted fat and reveal your toned, flat stomach once and for all.

The first secret for a flat stomach is eating supportively. While this doesn’t seem like a secret at all, most women get this wrong in spite of their best – but misguided – efforts. Women have fallen prey to low-fat, low-carb, Hollywood, grapefruit, South Beach and every other over hyped diet that marketers can dream up, all in hopes of shedding those unwanted pounds. But eating supportively is isn’t about dieting or deprivation; it’s about moderation and balance. While cutting carbs or fats out of your nutrition plan might give you a temporary loss of a couple of pounds, it’s typically followed by a drop in metabolism and a weight gain of more than you lost in the first place once you go back to your old eating habits.

So what is eating supportively? Eating supportively is having protein and carbohydrates at every meal. It’s grazing on 4-6 meals or snack each day instead of missing meals and then gorging yourself. It’s enjoying a healthy breakfast and not drinking your calories. But most of all, eating supportively is enjoying the foods you love in moderation instead of in excess.

If eating supportively is the first secret to a flat stomach, then what’s the second? The second flat stomach secret is resistance training. Unfortunately, just as fad diets have stood in the path of women achieving the flat stomachs they so desired, so have the myths of spot reduction and cardio being the best method for fat loss. Late night infomercials have long promoted gadgets that promised to spot reduce those trouble spots that women struggle with and sucked us in with testimonials from fitness models that undoubtedly picked up a nifty paycheck for endorsing their wares. But spot reduction is a myth. Think about it – have you ever met someone with a flat stomach and fat arms? Didn’t think so. If spot reduction was possible then undoubtedly one of these happy customers would have toned and tightened their stomach, yet kept their flabby arms.

The other myth that has led women astray is the belief that cardio is the best solution for fat loss. Treadmill manufacturers have sold the virtues of the ‘fat burning zone’ and led us to believe that we could plod along on a treadmill watching Oprah and before long a flat stomach would be ours. These two myths have diverted us from the path of what really does work – resistance training. Resistance training is a flat stomach’s best friend because not only does an effective resistance training session burn plenty of calories while you’re doing it, but it keeps you’re metabolism revved long after you’re done. One recent study showed that you’re metabolism would stay elevated for over 36 hours after a resistance training session.

Try to get that out of an aerobics class.

And there’s another benefit of resistance training when it comes to getting a flat stomach. The lean muscle that you gain will raise you’re resting metabolic rate and help you burn more fat all day long, each and every day.

There you have it, two ‘secrets’ that are guaranteed to boost your metabolism and give you that flat stomach you’ve been longing for. So ditch the diet books and the aerobics classes and start eating supportively and resistance training. Before long that flat stomach will finally be yours.

About the Author

Holly Rigsby is a nationally recognized women’s fitness coach, certified personal trainer (CPT) and the author of the internationally popular e-book – Fit Yummy Mummy – Burn Your Baby Fat & Get Your Body Back. Go to http://www.fityummymummy.com to get your FREE copy of her special report: “The Five Ways To Boost Your Metabolism.”

We’ve all heard that ab exercises alone will never reveal a toned tummy.  First we need to get rid of the excess body fat that covers it. You may also have heard that a flat stomach comes from working the inner stomach muscles like the transverse abdominus, multifidus, pelvic floor and diaphragm.  All of these things are true.

One of the things that makes flattening your stomach so difficult is that you need to focus on fat burning, muscle toning, which muscles to tone, etc.  Let’s face it, if crunches alone worked, all women would have flat abs!

So, what do we do?

I’ve done some research and found two highly recommended fitness ebooks that focus on great abs.  Both agree that getting a sexy flat stomach is about more than just an ab workout.  They both agree that fast loss pills, ab machines and crunches are not the answer.  Both ebooks are currently the same price.  Both offer an 8 week money back guarantee.  But how are they different?

Firm and Flatten Your Abs, by David Grisaffi, is a 180 page ebook containing 7 levels of workout programs, 44 exercises, 129 photos and comes with five bonus reports.  Much of the program is based on developing a strong, powerful, injury-proof core in order to stabilize the spine and eliminate low back pain.  Firm And Flatten Your Abs has a long track record as one of the best selling ebooks on the subject. It’s been a Top 10 best seller for over 4 years! As a graduate of the prestigious Chek Institute with a total of six certifications, David has the credentials and has done the research to back up his claims.
To order or get more information, visit: http://flattenyourabs.net

The Truth About Six Pack Abs, by Mike Geary, is rated the #1 abs program on the internet with tons of testimonials.  The ebook is 117 pages and comes with 7 bonuses.  While the program has 8 program levels and over 50 exercises with detailed pictures, the focus of this program is NOT on ab exercises. The program is nutritionally based with 84 different and unique lean meal plans.
To order or get more information, visit: http://www.truthaboutabs.com

So which is better?  I guess that depends on what your focus is.  Either book appears to have the ratings and reviews to get you what you are looking for…  a sexy flat stomach!