8 packs abs diet,
Decreasing Carbs is a Step Closer to Ripped 8 Pack Abs
Getting abs is not as simple as just decreasing carbs but
that will take you one step closer to getting the kind of bodyfat level that
you need. My previous post talked about diet and briefly talked about why you
should cut certain foods out of your diet, in this post I want to tell you why
you should decrease carbs.
I am assuming that you are the average person with the
average metabolic rate, people with fast metabolism have an easier time burning
calories and tend to get away with a lot of eating without gaining much fat,
but they still got to work for their abs but not as hard as most people. I will
say that we are all different and respond in different ways to different diets
so you have to play around with your own diet to see what work and what does
not.
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| less carbs, less fat and the more visible your abs will be |
Let me start with some historic information, people back in
ancient times survived by eating meat mostly and fruits and veggies, the meat
provided all the protein they needed, it also provided the fat that they needed
(yes we actually need fat, a diet without fat is in fact unhealthy), the fruits
and the veggies provided proteins, fiber and other important nutrients. To put
things simply olden day people were not obese, but were lean, strong and
healthy, nowadays obesity is an increasing issue with families increasingly dependent
on junk food and canned processed foods which are not good for them.
The problem we have now is that we consume too many calories
but I am only going to talk of carbohydrate in this post. So to rephrase my
previous statement, we consume too many carbohydrates, some of the foods (carbs
we eat) are empty calories with little to no benefit to your health and
nutrition, the best thing you could do to lose weight is to stop eating bread
products, rolls, buns...the list continues but I am sure you get the point. It
is even worse if you are woman because your metabolic rate is lower than male
metabolic rate which makes it easier for you to gain fat (the world is not fair
I know).
Carbs are used by the body as an energy source, so that you
are able to do your daily activities. If you have a job that involves a lot of
sitting you do not need to consume many carbs, that works against you because
you do not use the carbs you consume instead your body converts and store the
carbs as fat. The best thing to do is to eat carbs during your most active
times of the day so that they are used and not stored as fat. It is best to
have the bulk of your carbs earlier on in the day so that by the end of the day
you have used up those calories, infact you need to eat most of your carbs at
breakfast when you body need the energy plus it will give you body the longest possible
time to use them.
Since this is a post about getting ripped abs I am assuming
you workout because you can’t possibly think you can get ripped abs without
exercising. It is best to consume carbs before and after a workout as they will
most likely be used up because you use up a lot of energy when you are working
out and the period shortly after that. Also avoid eating carbohydrates late at
night, you will not use the calories you take in and they will be store as fat.
When it comes to getting ripped abs fat is the enemy, and decreasing carbs and
being mindful of when you have them will help you lean out and stay lean.
