First of all, get in the habit of saying ‘fat weight’, not ‘weight’ There are different weights in the body but only losing ‘fat weight’ will make you look slim and give you a flat/six-pack stomach. Losing anything else like muscle or water weight does nothing.

Second, always remember this rule:
You only lose ‘fat weight’ when you ‘burn’ more than you ‘eat’, that’s all. That is the only condition the body will ever go near your body fat. Why wouldn’t it? If the body gets what it needs from excess food then as might as well leave the fat for a rainy day

Third, diet alone doesn’t burn any weight, it only makes it smaller and lighter. That why your body looks smaller but the fat areas are still there. And the worst part is, when you eat normal again your fat areas will go back to their normal weight and size in a very short time.

Forth, the only way to burn body fat is to do 3 things:
1) Diet: Eat less than you burn.
2) Cardio: The ‘burn’ part. The only way to burn fat from all over (ever seen a man with a six-pack and man-boobs ? You don’t get to pick). Nothing else works, nothing else will ever work.
3) Weight training: Cardio likes to burn inactive muscle more than fat (it’s easier). That’s why most ppl who only do cardio alone turn into skinny-fats. Skinny arms and legs but big guts and thighs. To stop cardio from burning muscle and only burn pure body fat, you do weight lifting. You got 6 muscle groups + abs. Training one muscle group a week is enough to keep it safe from cardio for the whole week.

There, now you know the secret to losing body/stomach fat. It’s not a secret but it seems no one ever heard of it Kinda explain why a lot are failing because rarely anyone does all 3.

Hope this helps
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