We have all heard of the saying, "You are what you eat". It's so cliche that it almost holds no real significance anymore and it's often ignored. Another common saying when everyone talks about getting six pack abs is, "It's all in the diet". So it really begs the question: "Why does everyone who wants a six pack endeavor to do hundreds upon hundreds of crunches and sit ups on a daily basis in an effort to get ripped abs? Why do they ignore the factor that is the sole cause of the layer of fat covering their abdominals? Why is diet so often shunned? A change of diet is the ultimate shortcut to six pack abs. Here are some tips that will definitely help you unveil that impressively sculpted torso.
1. Meal Frequency - Let us suppose you've moved to a dry place and you knew you could only get water once a day. But of course, the heat and demands of daily life require you to use water regularly. Would you not use it sparingly and carefully? This is what happens within your body when you begin eating less meals daily. If you typically eat 2-3 meals a day, your meal frequency is less than ideal. Your body adapts itself to your eating habits. Its main purpose is to survive so if it finds that food is coming in long, irregular intervals, it deliberately slows its metabolism and begins to create more fat reserves just incase you fail to find food. What you want to do is to eat small, frequent meals. The regularity of the meals speeds up the metabolism and the small portions will drop your calorie count so that the body uses up the food and begins to attack the excess fat reserves. 5-7 meals daily are recommended.
2. Complex Carbs & Sugars - Simple carbs and sugars, typically those found in refined food such as white bread, white rice, cakes and fast food are generally bad as they raise your insulin levels, causing peaks and troughs in your blood sugar levels, leading to unstable energy levels. They are also the sort of carbs that make you feel hungry more often and cause you to eat more - why do you think restaurants offer fresh white bread free of charge? So you ideally need to consume complex carbs such as wholemeal bread, wholegrain pasta & rice, sweet potatoes, oats, nuts, beans, chickpeas and lentils just to name a few. They are better for stable energy levels and appetite control which is critical as getting a six pack requires dietary discipline.
3. Lean Meat & Vegetables - Lean meat is generally costly. Organic beef can cost three times as much as ordinary beef. Is it worth the investment? Absolutely. However, if you cannot afford it, that's fine. You can also have turkey legs, diced/ground turkey, game meat (found online & is affordable), pigeon and various fowl (local butcher) and venison. If you are not carnivorous, then you'll be pleased to know that vegetables are pretty much an open book. Most vegetables are low in calories and bursting in vitamins and all sorts of good stuff. You can pretty much knock yourself out. Just remember that vegetables are best when boiled, raw or prepared with just a little bit of extra virgin olive/vegetable oil. Adding excess oil can be counterproductive.
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