How To Lose Belly Fat For Women - Don't Make These 3 Mistakes

How to lose belly fat for women is a little different than losing belly fat for guys. In this article, I'll discuss 3 common mistakes women make trying to lose belly fat. Eliminate those 3 mistakes, and women open up the door on how to lose belly fat.

So let's get to those 3 common belly fat mistakes women make...

Mistake #1: Not eating often enough

When you don't eat often enough, your body goes into starvation mode. What happens then is the body starts to retain extra body fat. The reason why it does that is because body fat is a quick and easy source of energy in times of starvation. This worked great hundreds of years ago, not so good these days for people who have no fear of truly starving.

The best thing you can do is have 4-5 small meals... or 3 small meals and 3 healthy snacks.

Mistake #2: Focusing countless hours on cardio

Long, steady-state, low intensity cardio isn't good for weight loss or if you're trying to lose belly fat. It's very catabolic. That means it eats away at muscle tissue for fiber. Since each pound of muscle burns off 30-50 more calories per day than a pound of fat, you're inadvertently slowing down your metabolism and burning less calories off.

Instead, do short bursts of high intensity interval training. To do this, simply go "all out" with whatever cardio exercise you're doing. Do this for about 10 seconds. After that, slow it down and do low intensity on the machine for about 20 seconds. Then keep repeating that cycle for at least 5 minutes.

25 minutes of this would help to give you an "afterburn". What that is, is this... you burn body fat for 18 or more hours AFTER you finished this routine. You don't get that afterburn with slow, steady-state cardio like jogging on a treadmill for 20 minutes at the same speed.

Mistake #3: Not getting enough fiber in your diet

The average woman should get a minimum of 35 grams of fiber each day. The average American gets about 12 grams of fiber a day. It's just not cutting it. Fiber clears out your system and improves the efficiency of your digestive system to eliminate waste sludge and toxins. This obviously speeds up your weight loss.

The simplest way to get the bulk of your 35 or more grams of fiber each day is to eat 1 can of black beans each day. Each 15-ounce can contains about 25 grams of fiber. It only costs 48 cents at Wal-Mart.

So there you have it. Those are 3 "how to lose belly fat for women" mistakes I often see in my clients.