Changing your diet and speeding up your metabolism. Unfortunately genetics has a role in it but if you once had a flat stomach you can have one again. Mix up your exercise regimen and shock your metabolism by completely changing your diet. Change the intensity of your cardio and be smart with what you eat.

Stop binge snacking! Eat exactly half the calories you're used to eating. This is a good start, now prepare yourself some kind of exercising!!!

power sets... lift your legs when you do crunches and dont crunch all the way up... just enough to feel it.

Eating less calories than you burn. You can do this either by eating less, exercising more or both. Unfortunately you cannot reduce fat just from certain bits of your body. Your body reduces fat from all over. Sadly, the first place it gathers is usually the last place it goes from...

Getting rid of the fat can only be done by reducing your food intake (particularly getting rid of empty calories like white sugar and processed foods) and getting plenty of energetic exercise (running, swimming, dancing). Eat three healthy balanced meals a day, snack on fruit, veg or nuts rather than sugary snacks, and drink water instead of soft drinks. Avoid deep fried foods and if you must use oil in cooking, use extra virgin olive oil. Swap all white breads and pastas for wholegrain versions and swap white rice for brown. Try to reduce you portion sizes and fill up on veggies. Aim for around 40 minutes of energetic exercise three times a week. You can't lose fat from just one area, but you can tone up to make your stomach look smaller, whilst simultaneously burning the fat. There are LOADS of ab toning exercises around (just google it!) but crunches and sit-ups are probably the most popular - aim to do an acheivable amount every day and increase it gradually. Also making sure you're standing tall with good posture can take around an inch off your waist line in seconds.

To eat less of carbohydrates and to exercise more .

If the key is "Efficiency", then think about the WAY to work-out more, and eat less. BOTH can be done in one 3 hour period. Skip lunch and instead, START a hike. Drink LOTS of water, climb hills. Wear ankle weights. If sit-ups suck, use knee to chest motions. Two sets 'til it cramps, each day increase the counts by 2, 4 or more. Keep counting. Have FAITH - - -it WILL do the trick!

Most efficient time-wise or money-wise? Time-wise......Ever see a fat crackhead or meth addict? How much of a price are you willing to pay to not exercise and eat right? You can get down to the bone lickety-split if ya don't mind looking 60 when you're 30...and have or can steal enough money to support your habbit.

Don't buy in to that low carbohydrate garbage. Ethiopians have food to eat in the form of carbohydrates but have very little protein. They look the way they do because they suffer from a protein deficiency. Also your brain is dependent on carbohydrates as well as HDL type fats for proper function. Eat a bit everything but not too much of one thing. Fat tends to develop around muscles that get the least amount of exercise or use. Cut your calories down to 1500 per day, eat a minimum of 5 servings or more of fruits or vegetables per day. Do not eat any thing else in excess. Stay focused. Soon you will begin to feel very rejuvenated and that feeling of freshness will provide you with motivation to keep up with the plan. BBC- Ethiopian Livestock dying: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2083960.stm Information on Ethiopian Diet Injera is the mainstay of the Ethiopian diet. This phenomenally bouncy bread is made from the peculiarly Ethiopian teff cereal. The other ubiquitous food is wat, the sauce in which meat and vegetables are http://www.massgeneral.org/interpreters/b_eth.asp

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I would definitely say Cardiovascular exercise and then at the end do some abdominal exercises. Here's my routine if you're interested: 1.5minute warm up on jump rope. 2.Run a mile on the treadmill at a speed I can handle. 3.Stationary bike for 10minutes at a resistance I can handle. 4.16minutes on elliptical and change resistances on certain time intervals. 5.Finish the workout with abdominal exercises. I always make sure that I'm fully hydrated before I begin my workout. It's important to drink plenty or water before you do any exercising. If you're a little bit heavy or overweight, I would not recommend jumping rope or running because the extra weight might stress your legs out limiting your exercise to a short amount of time. You need to work and sweat hard, but remember to rest when you're body says it's time to rest. Keep yourself motivated and remember that the harder you work, the better results you'll get. Never say you can't do it, and never give up. Good luck.

1) Eat less "bad" food. Never, ever again patronize ANY fast-food chain. 2) Eat more "good" food. 3) Decrease the amount of time you're sedetary (not moving). 4) Increase your physical activity. 5) Never ever again look for, believe in or try a "miracle cure" or "magic bullet". There is no such thing as an easy way out. If it were easy, you'd be there already, because getting OUT of shape was easy to do; it required little to no effort whatsoever. 6) Decrease your sugar intake. Understand that ALL soda, even "diet, low-cal, 1 calorie, low-sodium, etc" contains excess sugar. Stop drinking them COMPLETELY. 7) Decrease your salt intake. Fatty foods, fried foods, dressings, condiments, spices, garnishes all contain TOO much salt, and when combined as your daily consumption, they add up to excess salt, much more than your body needs. 8) See a medical professional for advice specific to your body. 9) Set realistic goals (plural) based on the medical advice you receive, and monitor your progress IN WRITING. 10) Be patient, be driven, be persistent. You didn't get where you are now overnight, and you won't meet your goal overnight. If you don't see results very soon, you may be tempted to give up. Don't.

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