The right balance of exercise and diet are really important for burning body fat. You'll never achieve a flat, ripped stomach with one and not the other. That said, the good news is that you don't have to starve yourself or do hundreds of crunches or sit-ups every day to own a set of six pack abs. You do need to have a natural diet void of processed food and junk food, together with a targeted weight training program to get the best results fast.

Using techniques that deliver quick results will keep you motivated, there is nothing more motivating than looking in the mirror and seeing a sexier you! Staying motivated is important if you're to have a set of 6 pack abs to show off.

Not all diets and exercise will deliver the same results, so it's essential to focus on what works, rather than what doesn't.. Eat the wrong food or target the wrong exercises and you'll soon lose your motivation when the results don't arrive. You'd be surprised just how many people don't get it right, and usually due to poor advice from so called fitness professionals.

So avoid these common mistakes. To burn your stomach fat quickly and develop your abs, you need to take the following approach:

First you must avoid processed foods and eat a balanced diet of natural products. At the same time you need to ensure that your daily calorie intake is less than the number of calories you burn on a daily basis. Your diet is the most important aspect of determining your body fat.

Don't focus on doing hundreds of crunches or sit-ups in the hope that they'll give you a six pack, because they won't. You need to target your focus on low repetition, heavy lifting workouts that work your whole body, not just your stomach. Working your larger muscle groups with high intensity strength exercises will burn a lot of body fat. Burning fat will expose your abs.

Exercises targeting your abs should be over loaded to break the abdominal muscle tissues down and stimulate new growth. You only need to work out with weights once a week when using high intensity strength training to ensure your muscles recover and grow between workouts. Over training with weights is a very common mistake. Exercising in this way will give your stomach much greater definition once the fat has been burnt away.

As well as weight training, you also need to incorporate regular cardio exercise to burn calories and fat. Regular cardio exercise, targeted weight training and a balanced diet will burn your stomach fat quickly, leaving you with the flat stomach you crave.