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Instant Ab Flatteners By Lucy Danziger, SELF Editor-in-Chief - Posted Fri, Dec 19, 2008, 1:36 pm PST

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  • 16. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:49 am PST

    I think I need a few illustrations or images with these directions.

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  • 17. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:49 am PST

    just have more sex works just as well

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  • 18. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:49 am PST

    This is a horribly article, she knows as well as anyone that doing crunches and corkscrews, whirlyloos and everything else she prescribes is not 100% accurate. Here's the secret, you can do all of the above and if you dont eat right you will NEVER see your abs. ALSO bonus secret, if you do the above and dont eat right your abs will get bigger, and so will the fat on top of them!!!!!! Meaning your stomach area will look bigger, because you are effective making the muscles below the fat grow, ie, abs. People listen, EAT RIGHT, and don't read this crap!

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  • 19. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:50 am PST

    Can we get some pictures?

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  • 20. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:50 am PST

    This is a horribly article, she knows as well as anyone that doing crunches and corkscrews, whirlyloos and everything else she prescribes is not 100% accurate. Here's the secret, you can do all of the above and if you dont eat right you will NEVER see your abs. ALSO bonus secret, if you do the above and dont eat right your abs will get bigger, and so will the fat on top of them!!!!!! Meaning your stomach area will look bigger, because you are effective making the muscles below the fat grow, ie, abs. People listen, EAT RIGHT, and don't read this crap!

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  • 21. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:50 am PST

    I agree about the pictures

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  • 22. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:50 am PST

    Unless you intend to do 2hrs of crunches a day you'll never burn enough fat to get rid of the underlying problem - too much body fat. Anyone giving other's advice of this nature should know this and stop misleading people or is hopelessly ignorant and should just STFU.

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  • 23. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:51 am PST

    pictures please!

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  • 24. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:51 am PST

    need pics

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  • 25. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:51 am PST

    Nothing will flatten a stomach if you don't diet. I did every crunch under the sun which built great muscle, but building muscle doesn't automatically burn fat in surrounding areas. What did it for me was reading Eat To Live by Dr Joel Fuhrman and deciding I would rather look great than eat unhealthy foods. I am flat and toned. To burn fat and flatten your stomach you need a combo of intense cardio 40 mins a week and a diet plan that includes as many vegetables and fresh foods as possible, with minimized refined carbohydrates, fat and food additives. 'Diet foods' should be avoided also as chemicals such as Aspartamein Diet Coke have been accused of causing brain damage. There is no wonder cure for great abs, you need to commit yourself to looking good and decide that being healthy, living long and having flat abs.

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  • 26. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:51 am PST

    Spend just five minutes a day on toning your abs and you'll get an amazing middle. You don't have to do anything else? What about nutrition and strength training and cardio .You don't have to any of that.This is whats wrong with the Fitness Industry. Saying you can do something for 5 minutes and that will fix the problem.

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  • 27. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:51 am PST

    Fools! ... who has the time to read all that wordings and descriptions.... 5 simple illustrations will be more than enough....!!!!!!!

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  • 28. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:51 am PST

    FYI you need to lose weight first in order to see results.

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  • 29. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:51 am PST

    you should have some pictures to go along with the descriptions.

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  • 30. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 11:52 am PST

    Yeah, I agree... pictures would be nice. I can't figure out the last one. :(

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