Get rid of your belly fat!

Whether you have a major paunch or a tiny roundness and want to slim down, we have just the answers for you .

Looking for the simplest way to get rid of fat around your tummy? Go for this creative 20-minute fat-blasting workout and you’ll begin to see a toned tummy in just three weeks. Do them four times a week, with a day of rest in between.

Work out
Your legs are your scissors: Lie on your back with arms by your sides, legs raised, and toes pointing toward the sky. Flatten your lower back, engaging lower tummy muscles.

Inhale while lowering your right leg, so your toes are in line with your nose. Exhale, switching your legs scissor-like, so your right leg lifts back up and your left comes down. (Don’t touch the ground with your foot.) Do 3 sets of 8–10 reps.

Lie flat in front: Get on your knees and forearms with your elbows directly under your shoulders, fingers interlaced. Stretch your legs long, and come up on your toes into plank position. Exhale while twisting slightly to the left from your waist only. Inhale, returning to the starting position, then repeat on the opposite side. Do three sets of 10-12 reps.

A ball-game: Look up at the ceiling, lie down on a stability ball, and drape your abs and hips over it. Place your hands on the ground in front of you, and walk them out until the ball rolls beneath your shins; contract your lower abs and lift your hips slightly, then slowly lower them down. Do three sets of 10-12 reps.

Sleeping Buddha-pose: Lie on your left side with your legs straight and stacked on top of one another and your feet flexed. Rest your head on your straight left arm. Inhale while lifting both legs off the ground, then exhale while slowly lowering them until they’re about 1 inch off the ground. Do 10-12 reps, then switch sides and repeat to complete 1 set; do three sets.

Major paunch: Do 3 sets of 15 bicycle crunches 2-3 times a week, plus 30-45 minutes’ worth of run-walk intervals (2 minutes each) 4-5 times a week. You’ll notice the result in 4 weeks.

Tiny roundness: Do 3 sets of 12-15 crunches on a stability ball 2-3 times a week to sculpt your tummy in 3 weeks.

Eat this
Major paunch: Cut or burn 500 calories and drink 2 cups of green tea daily, as green tea alone helped exercisers drop ab fat in 12 weeks.

Tiny roundness: Eat snacks with belly-busting monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) daily: 23 almonds, 6 olives, or 2 squares dark chocolate. MUFAs can reduce ab fat in a month.

Fake it
Major paunch: Dress in a way that your belly fat is kept hidden. Go for lacy camisoles to pull in and shape your middle, plus give your chest a lift.

Tiny roundness: Get a belt that’s at least 3 inches wide and made of a stiff material or leather. A belt that won’t bend like a corset helps to hide your tummy.

The Very Very Special Laxman

  The Very Very Special Laxman

 

Initially, it was tough to play with that feeling of insecurity. It’s unfortunate. Sometimes, I think of how many runs I would probably have scored if had been given a free hand. But after 4-5 years of international cricket, I started dealing with it much better and now these things don’t bother me – VVS Laxman
Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman has been the main pillar of Indian cricket’s ‘fab four’. Doesn’t it feel hard to imagine an Indian camp without Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS? We are still searching for ‘the one’ to fill in Sourav Ganguly’s shoes since his retirement in October 2008.
Last week my colleague Anirban Choudhury in his piece, For the Love of Dravid, poured his love about a few men in Indian team we hate to see fall. I could not agree to the fact less. VVS is one name frequently undermined and constantly under unsuitable pressure of proving himself over and over again. But you know what, he loves being in those situation – more importantly excels and forces youto  bite your own words.

I am really proud of my achievement today but more importantly I have contributed to India’s victory. I always wanted to bat in such conditions, to win matches for the country from difficult situations, said an ecstatic Laxman after guiding India to a series-levelling win over Sri Lanka in the third Test.

He cajoles the ball to its destination like it’s nobody’s business. A specialist in his own classy technique, Laxman portrays a personality with wholesomeness and endurance whenever he is out there in the middle. His orchestra of wrist artistry is something our youngsters should take getting a chance to play alongside him. VVS literally owned the Australian attack during the classic 2001 series.
At the age of 35, Laxman’s maiden Test century on Sri Lankan soil may have come a little late but right on time. They say no pain is no gain – and he explained the phrase beautifully battling back pain during his unbeaten run at the P Sara Oval. Some painkillers and a little help from team physio Nitin Patel was enough for the gritty batsman to help India achieve their fourth-highest successful chase in Tests. He had questions for every answer from the Lankan spinners in Colombo.
In an era of hic hic cricket (Twenty20) Laxman along with Dravid and Sachin provides a peace of mind, reliability and calming influence when they walk out with a willow. They will walk down the aisle without any extravaganza and do what they do best – pile agony on the opposition.

Harsha Bhogle interviews VVS Laxman:
He proved today why he is called very very special. He always comes up with innings that have a huge bearing on the game. It was very important for him to score runs as the team needed it most to level the series. I think it is a very special innings. Hopefully, he plays plenty more innings like this for us, jubilant Indian skipper MS Dhoni said on Laxman’s innings.
One may still argue that VVS Laxman has only managed 16 hundreds in 113 Tests. Well, our strong top-order never really allowed him. The stylish Hyderabadi has batted low down the order between No.5 to No.8 throughout his career. He is either found wanting for partners or juggling with the tail-enders. However and whenever the right-handed class act gets a century – he gets it big. A set VVS Laxman is bowlers’ nightmare – ask the Australians.
The classic middle-order batsman to the ball is what a knife is to warm butter. VVS follows self-belief with unremitting aggression as the formula to his success with nothing to prove but yet all to play for. The soft-spoken Indian, unperturbed by who’s saying what, believes in doing his job for the team quietly and sometimes goes unnoticed.