Muscle excersises for the stomach area

I have been doing push-ups every day for 2 weeks and have noticed a marked difference in my upper build which I am happy with, unfortunately I have always found that developing the mid area around the stomach much harder work.  I guess some people have a 'difficult area' and mine is my stomach area.

I'm too self conscious for gyms and work out at home, and I cant afford expensive devices.  So my question is there anything that I can do that can help me to lose weight around my stomach area other than sit-ups?

Cheers 

I don't know much about losing weight in the stomach area, because I too am having that problem. However, what I've learned from different sources is that doing sit ups does develop muscles in the stomach area. It does not burn fat however. Doing tons of sit ups will have an effect, but will not show unless you get rid of that fat. One other thing I've learned (and is probably common knowledge), that to  really burn some fat in the stomach area is to do areobics. Doing the cardio workouts help burn the fat needed to lose that "flab" in the stomach. Hope this helps out some.

You'll also want to make sure you have a clean diet. Otherwise, you are not going to see results.

Running is great exercise for your stomach..I also find that doing obliques with small weights (5-10lbs or nothing) .  I also recommend doing leg lifts over sit ups as you are less likely to strain your neck etc.  Make sure you support your lower back with your hands though.

You cannot spot reduce fat. Some great exercises to reduce fat and build core muscle are weight training exercies such as squats, deadlifts....etc....and then there are planks [awesome workout for core]...if you want to do isolation ab work..I suggest dead hang leg raises and weighted side bends.

Remember, nothing will work without proper diet! Don't overload on carbs or soda//anything that will bloat the belly and remember to stay at a caloric deficit if losing weight is your main priority. Exercise and diet alone will not achieve anyone, regardless of their goals, results.  They depend on each other.

Best of luck!

For at home excerises other than the ones already mentioned.

Buy a chin up bar, do hanging knee raises, straight and side to side. Skipping is excellent for core as is shadow boxing and running on the spot. When running on the spot you can mix it up by going side to side or slow around a room. Idea is to keep your heart rate up and down for 20 mins. Start with a min on then a min off, then after a week go up to 2 mins on then 1 min off, then 3 on and so on until you can get up to 5 mins straight with 1 min rest 3 times.

Combine that with classic crunches, and of course lots of water and a good diet.

Prone bridges aka planks and reverse crunches are great for home ab workouts...leg lifts...exercise balls and various exercises that go along with it for abs...