How to get 6 pack abs within 5 years

How many hearts must be broken before someone figures out that it will take longer than a blink of an eye to get physically fit? Pick up any fitness magazine or news article and its all garbage lines like "How to get six pack abs in 6 weeks." Not that its impossible to do, but it is quite a defeat to those that trust the written word without a verifiable source giving the exact information in plain text.
"Want a six pack abs like Gerard Butler had in the movie 300? Try the 300 workout program and look like King Leonidas in three months." These creative marketers didn't say more than a word about Butler already being in great shape before the movie and that he worked out six hours a day for three months straight to get like that.
Or how about the physique like that of modern bodybuilding inventor Arnold Schwarzenegger? Actually, the California governor and former Terminator franchise star knows what he is talking about in his book. But then again he also used steroids to achieve that overworked out body and spent anywhere from SIX TO EIGHT HOURS A DAY FOR YEARS.
It is fully possible to get more in shape than what you are now in six to eight weeks. Muscle takes work, time, and dedication, more than most people are willing to devote. Nutrition is probably more important than exercise when it comes to getting big though and that is what Hollywood trades don't tell you. These bodybuilders eat something like eight meals a day at the least and its not junk food.
There's a problem with media outlets. In this instant coffee taking too long and faster than fast instant Internet connection loving society that has come to fruition in the last decade, news articles have to be timely, not just information packed. And that problem is a large amount of people believe that if something doesn't come quick, its not worth the wait.(Thanks McDonald's!) In the case of physical fitness, movie promotions will tell you these actors went to unbelievable odds to get unbelievable weight and muscle gain/loss to sell more tickets. There is nothing wrong with good marketing, but honest marketing is more important than misdirection.