Everywhere you look, you'll find various ads and posters promoting weight loss products, diet plans and programs, and fitness equipment to help you tone your abs and get a six pack. If you're dead set on losing weight and getting a thorough ab workout, chances are you're already following a fitness regimen which hopefully is doing an amazing job on getting you the six pack abs you want. However, if you really want to maximize the results of your abs workout, you need to complement it with healthy eating habits and a healthy lifestyle.

With the large number of books and websites that offer information on weight loss and proper nutrition, it's all too easy to get confused with which food types really work the best with your lifestyle and ab workout or weight loss diet. So to help you sort things out, below we provide a few tips and suggestions on healthy eating habits that will help you trim down, get a six pack, and keep the pounds off.

Tip #1: Load up on water.

It doesn't take a genius to know that you need to keep yourself hydrated to compensate for the water you lose when you sweat during ab workouts. Drinking 0.6 to 0.7 ounces of water per pound of body weight to make sure you don't become dehydrated. Remember that dehydration or a drop in your level of body fluid will also affect your workout performance, so always have a bottle or glass of water within reach when you work out.

Tip #2: Don't skip on high-fiber fruits, vegetables, and grains.

The essence of taking in high-fiber foods to complement a weight loss diet or program lies in their ability to make you feel full for a longer time. How it works is that fiber absorbs water, causing it to expand in your stomach and thus make you feel full and satisfied. Eating high-fiber foods will help you resist grabbing cookies and other treats when you feel the slightest bit hungry. Foods rich in fiber also helps control blood sugar level, which translates to in increase in the body fat you release. Most nutrition guides recommend consuming 25 to 35 grams of fiber daily.

Tip #3: Eat nuts, avocados, seeds, and other sources of “healthy” fat.

Not all kinds of fat are harmful to the body. In fact, we all need a little bit of fat to cushion our bodies and to stabilize our hormone levels. There are basically two types of fat; the bad and the good. The good kind of fat can be found in eggs, organic meat, olive oil, avocados, nuts, etc. It's important to have your daily supply of “good” so that your hormone levels are stable and you'll be less prone to cravings.

The bad kind of fat is found in greasy food like fries and steak fat. If you must consume butter or margarine, keep it at a proportionate amount. Hydrogenated fat that is found in the types of food mentioned is the one responsible for those added pounds which you're working hard to lose.