I want to continue to participate in this thread because my 6 pack is
very important me.
Getting it took years of trial and error.
Keeping it requires much diligence and focus.
I grew up on a typical, shitty, working class American diet of processed foods. I remember eating a lot
sugary cereal, frozen pizza and burritos, fast food, hot bogs, cookies, cupcakes, take out chinese,, etc.
My body looked like shit.
I thought it was genetic. It was not genetic.
It was diet.
As I got older, my diet improved.
As my diet improved, my body improved.
I want to respond to a few questions, then I'll share my latest 6 pack developments:
Quote: (07-22-2016 08:55 PM)Brown Pride Wrote:
eating less and exercising.
Like Tail Gunner said..
You
DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO EAT LESS.
The crucial key is
EATING BETTER!
Higher quality food, more nutrient dense and still SATIATING.
Quote: (07-26-2016 06:25 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote:
You can shrink your stomach just by shrinking the size of your dinner plate:
Yes, of course.. Eating less at night works well for many people to reduce belly size..
The tricky part there is that you often have to
compensate for the small dinner by having a bigger lunch + breakfast + snacks..
It's properly managing breakfast, lunch, and snacks so that you CAN have a small dinner that is the hard part.
I guess what I'm saying is that you have to learn to manage your own hunger.. I'm not saying you have to be hungry, I'm saying you have to "manage hunger" -- This means allowing yourself to get hungry early in the day because you can eat a big breakfast and lunch
BUT NOT allowing yourself to get to hungry at night because that would hurt your ability/need to have, enjoy and be satisfied with -- a small dinner.
It's really a lifestyle based on healthy eating habits.
Quote: (08-12-2016 12:53 AM)N°6 Wrote:
Has any post in this thread worked out for anyone?
My posts have worked out for me:
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I'm almost 41.
Quote: (08-12-2016 07:40 AM)Vaun Wrote:
Here is my plan;
-As little drinking as possible, one a day if I am social. I dont drink by myself, unless I treat myself to a nice dinner.
-Read the book above and try the diet
-Fall back to the Slow Carb diet, which I know works, and is easy to follow.
-Exercise 5-7x per week. Lifting plus jump rope work. Surfing, hiking, swimming, as extras on the weekend.
-Optimize sleep, with a sleep apnea mask
I highlighted 3 things:
1) "
I know works" -- If you know it works, do it aggressively and make it work better!. The things that we know and feel and see to be working.. Those are the things to focus on and improve. I call it "body intuition". You know your body better than anyone else.
2) "
Exercise 5-7x per week" -- For a man in his 40s, this might actually be too much.. I know that sounds crazy but give it some thought. For me, working out less and focusing more on HIGH QUALITY MEALS and REST actually has a
BETTER RETURN ON INVESTMENT versus working out more and resting less + not eating as good.
I literally look and feel better when I exercise less AND focus more on quality food and quality sleep.
Quality rest and food builds your body from the "inside out" versus exercise which builds your body from the "outside in".
1 hour spend preparing large amounts of high quality food is SOMETIMES SUPERIOR to one hour of exercise!
I'm just throwing that out there for you guys to ponder... it is something that I believe in and live by.
3) "
Sleep" -- This is the "x-factor" for many older men. Quality sleep is priceless! Hours BEFORE midnight have the greatest return on investment!
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I want to add two suggestion to your plan.
1) --
Reduce your consumption of red meat and reduce your overall meat consumption.(Except, maybe for fish)
Meat, takes a long time for our body to process. It often lingers in the digestive tract.
Reducing meat almost certainly reduce belly size.
The hard part is finding other foods to use in the place of meat.
Honestly, the first weeks are hard but once you learn to use eggs, garbanzos, quinoa, avocados, legumes, tofu, nuts, etc. --
IT BECOMES ENJOYABLE TO WATCH YOUR BELLY FAT MELT AWAY AND YOU REALIZE THAT LARGE AMOUNTS OF MEAT ARE NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY TO FEEL GREAT AND LOOK GREAT.
I eat chicken maybe once or twice a week.
Fish whenever I want.
Red meat, occasionally.
I beautiful steak, whenever I feel I need one.
2)
Follow the Shit! -- If a food seems to be flushing your system and making you shit, Study it, learn from it.. Develop a better and more consistent shitting routine.
When we lose out belly, we literally SHIT IT AWAY!
Remember that.
Stimulate shitting!
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Beyond that..
I would just say that, for me, the exercise is the easy part but the eating is the hard part.
I live in a fast paced, big,major, international city but I try to eat like a
Gourmet Caveman
Again, one hour spend preparing LARGE AMOUNTS of quality food is sometimes superior to one hour of exercise!
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My diet so far today..
Oatmeal and strawberries
Egg, turkey bacon. potato, avocado sandwich on high quality seed/grain bread. 2 of them.
Going to the gym now!
I hope I can eat well the rest of the day!!