How to Get A flat Belly

Hi Im a 14 year old boy, and ive recently finished school, but were going to the beach for a holiday in about a month and im embarrassed about my image mainly my stomach fat, i think im about two inches over the average waist for a boy my height, so is there anything i can do to help burn some fat.

Also i am not really a sporty person, and the only sport i do play is off until winter, other from that i don't really enjoy sport that much.

Please help quick, i want to get stated on this quickly
 
Losing 2 inches of body fat from around the waist in a month. Simple answer to that one, it won't happen without surgery. There are plenty of quick fix vendors who will sell you one that claims to, none that will guarantee it with a financial compensation clause.
I will explain why then advise a more realistic approach that will work but not in a month, especially not for a 14 year old who should be carrying some body fat to fuel the pubescent growth spurts.

Two inches of body fat around an area the size of a torso is likely to be at least 5 pounds, likely closer to 10 of excess in this area alone. It is not possible to spot train fat, anyone claiming otherwise is lying to you, pure and simple. So the reality is that you will be burning other subcutaneous and internal fat stores at the same time, likely meaning over 20 pounds of fat los just to lose that 2 inches.
The average person needs around 1,750 calories per day, when averaging male and female needs. One pound of fat is 3,500 calories or 2 days of calories for the average person per pound of fat. Ignoring the starvation mode etc. that you would encounter meaning slowed fat loss if aiming for more than 2 pounds of loss a week (the maximum average any fully grown adult wanting maintainable loss should aim for) we can calculate that eating nothing and living a normal life for a month would result in 15 pounds of loss, still not enough to get you your aim.

Real world at your age you should aim for a maximum of 1 pound of loss a week, this will be a calorific deficit of 500 calories a day gained by increasing general activity and cutting down food intake in balance, not cutting out anything unless you regularly eat masses of fat or worse sugars (note sugars are carbs, but not all carbs are sugars, low carb diets are generally dangerous, extreme no carb diets have killed) do not cut out, just cut down.
Exercise will be a balance of high, mid and low intensity training, find stuff you enjoy and do it. Fat burning takes a long time, so enjoyment is key.
Big caveat. You are 14, still growing and developing. Puberty isn't a smooth growth trend it happens in spurts, if your body doesn't have fuel available it will delay growth and development, in the most extreme cases this can stunt growth or development permanently (these are extremely rare), Don't aim for a physique that is the domain of full grown adults if you want to avoid the prospect of damaging your development. Keep fit, eat well and accept that you need to keep some fat store for these spurts, and each spurt will burn some of it for you.

If you think I am just being a killjoy, consider I have been learning this to ensure being able to safely train my son and he hates the fact he won't be getting a pretty 6 pack until he's fully grown. I have read up on this very recently and much as he hates it he knows I am right and works with what I tell him.
 
The best way to reduce your stomach belly is running in the morning and also in the evening. Also you can drink 1 cup of black coffee in empty stomach in the morning which help to reduce your fat.
 
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Three to consider: spinning, cardio kickboxing, and boot-camp workouts. Half an hour of each torches 200 to 300 calories while toning up your arms, legs, and core so everything appears sleeker and tighter.

Calorie consumption is personal based on intensity and bodyweight. I burn between 740 and 750 calories in just over 40 minutes 3 times a week. To do this I have to carry my 13.5 stone body 5.4 miles in a run. Another lighter slower person would struggle to burn 200.

There are no best or worst activities, this is also personal, yours are good for you and a number of others, for me it's running all the way, but I am gifted in that activity. For another it could be weight training.
 
For your age I propose to check your diet a bit more than before. From personal experience I can say with certainty that cutting back on soda you can see really good results in a sort time (of some weeks). Also it is summer now and you can easily find yourself in a beach. Swimming is one of the best and most effective exercises for shedding excess weight not only from your belly but from your entire body as well.
 
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