You have the best girlfriend. She is cute, funny, smart, sexy, and great to hang out with. If you didn’t have that little belly fat roll, it might be perfect. You know that she cares, all women. How well would you look into her eyes if you found a way to help her lose control?

Come on, Mr. Sensitive, you know you’ll get a great score if you could help her find a way to get rid of that little roll of belly fat. Not only that, once you get rid of the fat, you will have a lot more confidence in your body and don’t be surprised if your wardrobe expands to include really skinny jeans and party dresses that sport that new flat tummy look. .

So you face two challenges.

First, how do you bring it up without upsetting her or making her feel bad? I have a great idea for that that I’ll share in a minute. Next, you need to really think about how to lose belly fat. What works and what doesn’t. The last thing you want to do is start this little game and have it explode in your face because it doesn’t work.

OK, how do you mention it? Well, look at your own stomach. Do you see any fat there? If you do, then you have the perfect track. Now you are the one who is worried about your belly fat and needs your help to get rid of it. You want her to become your support group.

So you bring it up casually but with obvious concern (you can fake that) about how you look and how you feel. Make sure to add the “how do you feel” bit, as that will resonate with her. You have this plan in mind, but you know your weaknesses and you know that you need a “friend” to help you carry it out.

This leads to shopping together, eating more meals together, exercising together, and everything in between. Turn it into a contest where you both win. Set goals, not time tables, but goals like losing half an inch, a full inch, etc. When you reach a goal, celebrate, but understand that you can’t celebrate unless you both achieve the goal. This puts pressure on both of you.

Well, what if you have perfect abs and this strategy doesn’t work? Well then you make up a client or a friend of a friend or whatever it is that did this with great success. Yes, it is not the truth, but what the heck. Then ask him what he thinks about support groups and work to volunteer to be his.

Now that you are committed, you need to find the plan that will burn fat and get results. There are so many diets, machines and pills flooding our airways and the internet and the question is what works.

Well the quick answer is losing belly fat and keeping it off is not about fad diets, pills, or “Thigh Buster” machines. Specifically, it’s not about sit-ups and crunches or any other exercise that specifically targets your abs.

It is about proper nutrition and whole-body workouts. You need to learn what to eat and that can be difficult on your own. The store is stocked with “health foods” loaded with sugars and salt. Our regular diet is loaded with saturated fat. Knowing which is the most efficient fuel for our body is the bulk of fat loss and belly fat in particular.

Here is a very basic rule of thumb about burning fat. Muscles burn fat. Exercise produces more muscle tissue. Muscles burn fat. Do you see where I’m going here? The most effective way to burn fat is to use as many large muscle groups as possible when you exercise. Now this can be a real heart pump like mountaineering squats or a simple balance exercise. The level of intensity depends on your current condition and that of your girlfriend.

You can have fun with this. Make more exercise dates. Speaking of mountaineering, have you ever climbed a wall? Many mega sports stores have rock climbing walls and it’s a blast. If you are lucky enough to live in a warm place, give two men kayaking a chance. You get the idea.

Of course, for this to work you have to like this girl a lot because it will cost you as much effort as her. But then there are those exercise dates at your home that could make it all worthwhile.