Everyone wants a flat stomach but what holds most of us back is the amount of work that it takes to get one. Who wants to go through those painful exercise routines. Forget about painful, who has the time? Well, for those of you who don’t get excited about going to the gym everyday I have some good news for you. You can lose stomach fat on a diet without that strenuous exercise.

To lose weight we need to create a calorie deficit. It is far easier to create a calorie deficit by watching what we eat rather than trying to burn off our indulgences through exercise. Just 100 calories a day will equate to 10 pounds in one year.

100 calories is nothing. We often eat 100 calories without even thinking about it. One slice of bread is 100 calories, two Oreo cookies, or one Pop Tart all have 100 calories. I’m willing to bet you absent mindedly eat far more than 100 calorie snacks too. A Snickers bar is 270 calories. There are over 500 calories in a big mac.

To burn 100 calories you would need to run for 10 minutes, walk for 20 minutes, or lift weights for 20 minutes. Exercise is great but personally I’d rather live without the vending machine than tack on extra minutes to my workouts.

Reduce your daily calorie intake by 100 calories a day and you can lose 10 pounds in a year from just that. Cut out 200 calories a day and you just knocked off 1400 calories that you don’t have to sweat off every week. It’s far easier to lose stomach fat on a diet than to burn it off.

Don’t go overboard and try to starve yourself, but do keep track of what you eat every day for a week. I’m willing to bet just the simple act of being aware of what goes into your mouth will stop at least 100 calories a day.