What’s going on? You tried the fat loss pills you saw in the infomercials. You bought the abs gadgets that promised you’d lose belly fat by summer. Summer came and went. So did fall, winter, and spring, and back to summer, but still no results.

The problem is that you’re doing it all wrong. You simply have either incomplete or just plain wrong information. If your goal is to lose belly fat, there are 3 things you should never do, and you’re probably doing all of them. Here they are:

1. Don’ listen to infomercials.

Those infomercials you see that promise you’ll lose belly fat create nothing but confusion. They tell you that you will be thin, but you have to buy their fat loss pill. You bought the pill and it never worked.

They tell you that you can lose belly fat, but you have to buy their abs gadget. You bought it, and the infomercial said you could do it while sitting on your couch.

Well, you’ve been sitting on your couch for weeks, using that abs gadget, and still no results. What gives?

The problem is the infomercials themselves, and what they try to pass off as legitimate ways to lose belly fat. Those fat burning pill will get rid of nothing but your money. Those abs gadgets may work your abs, but that does you no good if you still have a layer of fat surrounding them.

2. Don’t do hundreds of sets and reps of abs exercises.

I know what you’re thinking. “How can I lose belly fat if I don’t do 100 crunches per day?”

The answer is that you can’t spot reduce your belly fat away. It’s impossible to just lose fat in your belly area only and not the entire body as a whole–and that’s the key.

In order to lose belly fat, you have to perform exercises that’ll cause your body to burn fat. I’m sorry to break it to you, but no amount of crunches or leg raises will produce the necessary hormonal responses that’ll get the job done.

3. Don’t lose hope.

There’s so much misinformation out there that it’s hard to tell the truth from hype. If you’ve been trying to lose belly fat, and failed, then you were probably following hype.

When people fail too often, they tend to lose hope. Any fat loss success story has its share of failures, and ultimately, success. Those that succeeded didn’t lose hope.

If you’ve been trying to lose belly fat, but have failed so far, you can’t give up. Belly fat loss takes commitment and time. You have to continuously do the things that will cause you to lose fat. Things like eating right, and exercising on a regular basis.

You must change your way of thinking. Don’t take failure to heart and don’t lose hope. Instead, adopt a positive mental attitude towards your goals to lose belly fat that’ll help you to do the things you have to do to lose fat.

There you have it. The 3 biggest things you absolutely must not do when trying to lose belly fat. Don’t listen to the infomercials promising you the world. Don’t try to spot reduce your belly fat by doing endless sets of abs exercises. And most importantly, don’t lose hope.