Tips

*Get someone to workout with you so you'll inspire each other. If you can't find anyone, try imagining you are with someone you know, a celebrity, or an athlete with abs you admire (this usually works better than actually working out with said athlete). Pretend they're there with you as you workout.

*Music will also do wonders to get a workout moving along.

*While crunches are good for your abdominal muscles, make sure that you have a well rounded weight loss program. Millions of crunches won't help if you eat buckets of ice cream everyday!

*Be patient! A flat stomach is harder to attain for some people than others, depending on your base level of fitness.

*Doing crunches on an exercise ball will specifically target your abdominal muscles, while doing them on the floor strengthens mostly hip muscle. Just the act of balancing on the ball alone will help tone abdominal muscles.