So you’ve had a few too many pints and chicken wings over the years, which has led to unwanted belly bulge. How do you undo the damage you’ve wreaked on your waistline and get rid of that beer belly once and for all?

For starters, it isn’t going to be easy. Visceral fat is stubborn and it will take some hard work to make it go away. Your best bet is to use a multi-pronged attack: consume fewer calories (including those brewskies) and start moving your body. Fat-burning, or aerobic, exercise is going to be your biggest ally in the war against the beer belly. Run, walk, swim, bike, play sports -- you can do nearly anything as long as you’re building up a sweat. Try to exercise five times a week for at least 30 minutes each session.

It’s always a good idea to augment fat-burning exercise with stregnth training, but start slowly and give your muscles a day or two of rest between weight training. Also, no matter what those late-night infomercials tell you, there’s no way to spot-train a beer belly into submission.

No amount of sit-ups is going to give you washboard abs if your stomach is buried under a layer of fat -- your muscles will be getting stronger, but they will also be invisible because they’re covered by flab.