Readers, take note: The abs diet does not work in isolation. To successfully attain six pack abs, we must commit to a lifestyle change that encompasses a healthy eating habit, daily physical activity, and relaxation techniques to lower life stress.
When we hear the word “diet”, we automatically think “abstinence from food”, but that shouldn’t be the case. Going hungry actually encourages our body to store more fat since the body perceives this as an emergency situation. The more we go hungry, the more fat our body stores.
Consuming a healthy diet that is controlled in calories allows our body to immediately burn those calories, as well as, start burning excess fat to fuel our body’s energy requirements. In addition, eating frequent, but smaller- portion meals in a day helps burn more calories from digesting these meals and also stabilizes our blood sugar and energy levels resulting in lower food consumption.
Ideally, daily physical activity should include interval and resistance training to raise our metabolism. The energy bursts from interval training maximizes fat burning by keeping the body in “ready” and active mode. The resulting muscles we build from training now requires more energy to maintain, thus, more excess body fat can be tapped as fuel.
And because muscles, by nature, require more energy to “run”, your body now has to provide more energy sources for them, which it can now get from excess body fat stored in the stomach area. Fat is then continuously burned even hours after the physical activity.
Stress is another factor that we need to reduce in our lives. When our body is in a stressful situation, it reacts by releasing the Cortisol hormone that stores fat in our stomach area. Relaxation activities such as yoga, meditation, deep breathing and learning to cope with stress have all been effective at reducing stress levels.
The abs diet is not a starvation diet. Starvation stops results. The abs diet is about a lifestyle commitment. It is about intelligent food choices and intake, disciplined, daily physical activity, and life stress reduction.
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