2 week Preparation prior to '12 weeks to a six pack stomach'

Metabolism is important, start eating 6 smaller portioned meals a day spaced between 2 ½ hours apart to get the metabolism working, this will also shrink the stomach size down.

Start to cut out all chocolate, chips, ice cream, sodas, alcohol and eat more white meats, vegetables and fruit. Do all the stuff that you are continuously reading about, its there for a reason, because its true.

Create a training plan where you can note down distance run daily and how long it took you, weekly weight and weekly body fat percentage. You will see a constant improvement in your weekly workouts as you become fitter and leaner and the body fat percentage will drop.

Never buy any luxury foods such as cakes and ice-cream, if they are not in your fridge then you cannot eat them.

Take a weekly picture of yourself to see your progress, this will work and give you more of an incentive to keep going when you see the change start to occur to the body.

Keep a small picture of your ideal set of abs with you and aim for this, never think it is too much of an aim and impossible. If you get that craving which I am sure you will for some sugary cakes, look at the picture of your ideal abs, it will work for me and may do for you and will stop you biting into those unwanted calories.

Start that body detox up front, no more alcohol, cut out all processed foods and your level of salt intake to prevent unnecessary water retention.

Purchase a set of body fat measuring calipers; these are a necessity so that you can measure your body fat percentage weekly.

I will be doing 30 minutes of ab exercises 5 days a week, consisting of 4 types of ab exercises.

Cardio will consist of starting at 30 minutes jogging before breakfast and then a further 30 minutes in the evening, this will gradually go up to 2 hours total a day by week 6. A slow fat burning pace is all I aim for when jogging, no sprinting, just enough to get the heart beat up to the fat burning stage.  

Week 1 starts on February 1st, so log in and keep up with my progress, remember when you set your mind with a goal, you really can achieve what you want in life. I have and I will.