Those pounds won't shift themselves, will they?
But the truth is working out all the time could be one of the reasons that you're NOT slimming down.
Confused?
Don't be - we reveal why exercising every day is actually stopping you from shedding fat and building the abs you've always dreamed of having.
We all have a set of abs, it's just that for the vast majority of us, they're hiding underneath a cosy layer of adipose tissue (belly fat).
In order to expose those stomach muscles, you've got to concentrate on getting your overall body fat percentage down.
You can train the muscle underneath the fat but the real game changer is losing the fat covering the muscles in the first place.
It all comes down to stress
We tend to have a high storage of fat around our middles if we're exposed to high and prolonged stress.
Stress comes in many different forms but one of those is physical stress and working out at a high intensity every day is just that.
If you're disproportionately storing more fat around your lower belly, then you need to start thinking about reducing your stress levels and getting a good night's sleep.
And the first thing you might want to think about - if you already exercise regularly - is whether you're working too hard and not giving your body a chance to properly recover.
"Over-training is very common, both in sports and on the gym scene," PT Harry Thomas, owner at No1 Fitness, told The Sun.
"They are now showing that a lack of rest and recovery is why many premiership players are getting injured.
"That's why many teams in recent years have introduced full recovery sessions into their programs."
But it's not just injury you should be wary of - it's also fat accumulation.
It's all down to the production of cortisol - the stress hormone.
Laurence Fountain is the founder of Salus London and specialises in body transformations by way of re-balancing stress.
"Cortisol is going to interfere with different hormonal effects," he told us.
"Firstly, it's going to interfere with your thyroid - meaning it's going to be very hard to burn fat when your cortisol is high. In fact, you're going to be more likely to burn muscle.
"Too much cortisol can also lead to an overstimulation of the brain during sleep causing an increase of ghrelin - the hunger hormone, which is going to make it impossible for you to control your appetite and stay away from simple sugars and high-fat foods.
"And when ghrelin is high, leptin is going to be low so it's going to stop you from feeling satisfied."
