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The answer to your question lies in how you feel. If you feel run down, unmotivated, and you have to drag yourself to train, you are probably doing a bit much. It's natural not to be 100% when you are cutting fat, but when motivation suffers it's a symptom of over-training. The lifting portion of the program looks pretty decent, and there are a couple ...
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As k.l. says, having a six pack is a function of both muscle structure and body fat levels. The "six pack", or 4, or 7 or 8 (etc) is basically just the abdominal muscles, with the connecting/support fascia making the indentations. (I say the other numbers as you have no control over how many divisions your fascia makes, it's genetic. I've even seen one guy ...
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I think you're getting burned out because of the low carb diet. Your muscles need carbs to function and rebuild, and without much carbs your body will just break down muscle to supply you with energy. Strength training and high protein intake will counteract this to some degree, but cutting excess calories from fat would be the ideal method. Your likely ...
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Eat a balanced diet, avoid high fat, high sugar food. Dont go near chips (cold) or fries (hot), eat fruit between meals, and eat plenty of salad.
Have a sip of water between each mouth full of food.
Do about 30 min of exercise (quick walking or easy cycling) every day, try standing up and walk around every 10 to 15 min if you work at a desk during the ...
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I don't know what bodily functions are affected by a decreased energy expenditure but I have found two studies on the subject which I think you might find interesting.
The first is on 3 days of fasting, conducted at Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY. Six men fasted for three days and as a result their ...
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Here are my 50 cents.
I would say, by reading your question, that it is convenient to remember that the 3 following things are totally different:
When on a diet, mathematically absorbing less minerals, vitamins and other essential oils
Being on a reduced activity (not moving = consumming less energy, != lowering your metabolism)
Having an actual drop of ...
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No its wrong ... See the carb up period is not to improve your workout, a carb up phase can only stimulates your pancreas to release insulin and. shoot the new glucose. Into blood so to be stored as muscle glycogen but it won't improve a workout rather help rebuild some muscle because insulin is an anabolic agent. So why do we carb up other than an anabolic ...
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In general, most portions are about the size of a deck of cards, or a closed fist.
1 portion of meat is roughly 20g of protein
1 portion of starches (potatoes, etc.) is roughly 20g of carbs
The tough thing is to estimate the amount of fat in things, which can easily sneak up on you. Deep fried potatoes (all variations of fries) contain lots of fat. ...
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For a fun, yet practical reference on food, Paul Carter wrote an article based on the different diet fads over time. The basic take away is this:
Calories are king. If you want to gain weight, increase Calories. If you want to get thinner, reduce Calories.
Eat your protein. At least 1g/lb lean body mass (with the information you gave, is 136g at the ...
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Studies show that proteins are available for the body only for a limited time after ingestion, and can be present in the body in limited amounts - the rest is wasted. That means that you should ingest proteins frequently in relatively small amounts. That will allow your body to fully use them to repair damage and create nev tissues.
Since a lot of the ...
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Certainly. The best time to take food is 3-4 hours before sleeping. It will not allow fat to collect and help in the metabolic process. Besides having a light meal at night you can have salad or Vegetarian Snacks which are healthy and fat free. This will not leave you feeling hungry at night and the possibility of fat build up would also be reduced. Healthy ...
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By sleeping hungry I suppose one would not have dinner and not have any meal at least 4 hours before sleep time.
I don't think its a good idea to sleep hungry, though it's ok if you had your last meal 2 hours before bedtime. Next morning you will be ravenous if you skip dinner and may overeat at breakfast. Sleeping hungry also affects sleep quality.
On the ...
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The article you cite states that one 16 ounce glass of 0°C water requires approximately 17.5 Calories to warm to body temperature. Since the human body doesn't really have a true mechanism to cool things, other than the evaporation of liquid from the surface of the skin, drinking hot water will do little more than potentially make you sweat (if you drink ...
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