I've been talking with a friend about training, diet, and how to SEE results, and thought I'd share the post. In my experience, diet is so important, and living a low carb lifestyle does nothing but make me look my best. I've been chewed out by a nutcase saying low carb is "irresponsible" and dangerous, and I beg to differ. Cutting out the bread, pasta, carbs, (what some people call "whites") has only made my family look leaner, younger, and more healthy.
In addition to our consistent diet, we also do a LOT of abs. literally between every set on a back, arm, leg day, we always work in abs during our recovery rest time. It works for us.
Here's my post. I'm no guru by any means, but I'm educated, healthy, and a creative healthy cooker. I love sharing my menus so hit me up if you want some ideas
[Change your diet and you will see the best results. Firstly, at the gym, I'd recommend throwing ab reps in between each exercise...For example: while you are resting between sets on an arm day, bang out 3 sets of 30 abs on the decline bench. Its a LOT of reps over a week, but your abs will develop nicely and your waist will benefit from it (I've got a friend who thinks he 's in shape but he's rather barrel chested. I encouraged him to do abs, but he says "I do". obviously wrong. Either his diet is shit or his exercise is subpar. not sure which.
For your diet, here's an example of a typical day in my house:
breakfast: coffee with cream, no sugar. ice coffee or hot.
an egg omelette with cheese, ham, bacon, onion if you like... a tiny bit of ketchup for flavor.
lunch: a low carb pita filled with bbq chicken, sliced meat, pork, shredded letuce, cheese, mayo, etc. I actually cut a small wedge out of the pita because you only need to have the pita wrap around once. Then wrap it in plastic wrap or foil. no need to eat all that bread. minimize the carbs.
supper: forget the rice, the potato, the macaroni. don't even think of buying a loaf of bread. make something like a hamburger and either eat it on a plate without bread or get a baguette fresh from the bakery and slice it micro thin. That can be your "bun". A little ketchup, lettuce, and whatever else makes your burger great is up to you.
or you can make a fresh salad with a light vinagerette and top it with a grilled chicken breast. remember the size of your vegs should be no more than the size of your fist.
a treat: You're gonna get hungry at night so you need a snack. You can do a small scoop of ice cream with the lowest carb count you can find. I buy the cheapo brand from publix because it has about 14g carbs and the portion I plan on eating is small enough to be fine.
What you drink matters too. Milk, OJ, fruit juices, liquor, etc all have a lot of carbs so be careful.
If you want some recipes that are idiot proof, send me a message. I cook my meals in under 10 minutes, never measure ingredients--I eyeball it, and my food always tastes good.
Good luck to you!]
In addition to our consistent diet, we also do a LOT of abs. literally between every set on a back, arm, leg day, we always work in abs during our recovery rest time. It works for us.
Here's my post. I'm no guru by any means, but I'm educated, healthy, and a creative healthy cooker. I love sharing my menus so hit me up if you want some ideas
[Change your diet and you will see the best results. Firstly, at the gym, I'd recommend throwing ab reps in between each exercise...For example: while you are resting between sets on an arm day, bang out 3 sets of 30 abs on the decline bench. Its a LOT of reps over a week, but your abs will develop nicely and your waist will benefit from it (I've got a friend who thinks he 's in shape but he's rather barrel chested. I encouraged him to do abs, but he says "I do". obviously wrong. Either his diet is shit or his exercise is subpar. not sure which.
For your diet, here's an example of a typical day in my house:
breakfast: coffee with cream, no sugar. ice coffee or hot.
an egg omelette with cheese, ham, bacon, onion if you like... a tiny bit of ketchup for flavor.
lunch: a low carb pita filled with bbq chicken, sliced meat, pork, shredded letuce, cheese, mayo, etc. I actually cut a small wedge out of the pita because you only need to have the pita wrap around once. Then wrap it in plastic wrap or foil. no need to eat all that bread. minimize the carbs.
supper: forget the rice, the potato, the macaroni. don't even think of buying a loaf of bread. make something like a hamburger and either eat it on a plate without bread or get a baguette fresh from the bakery and slice it micro thin. That can be your "bun". A little ketchup, lettuce, and whatever else makes your burger great is up to you.
or you can make a fresh salad with a light vinagerette and top it with a grilled chicken breast. remember the size of your vegs should be no more than the size of your fist.
a treat: You're gonna get hungry at night so you need a snack. You can do a small scoop of ice cream with the lowest carb count you can find. I buy the cheapo brand from publix because it has about 14g carbs and the portion I plan on eating is small enough to be fine.
What you drink matters too. Milk, OJ, fruit juices, liquor, etc all have a lot of carbs so be careful.
If you want some recipes that are idiot proof, send me a message. I cook my meals in under 10 minutes, never measure ingredients--I eyeball it, and my food always tastes good.
Good luck to you!]
