Before starting, ask yourself, "How much do I want this?" If your answer is "not enough to give up that frappucino I drink everyday"... Eh... Exit now. Go dial 8-Mcdo. Don't worry though, I won't suggest that you stuff yourself with bland chicken breast. Nothing like that. What is required however, is that you stick to a strict diet for the next couple of months only. When I say "strict", you stay away from fried foods, sweets, and creamy goodness.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR BOOTY
This is for you to understand how your body works. It's like testing yourself for allergies, by eliminating all factors, then going back to a sustainable lifestyle. You see, unlike in other countries where the law requires nutrition charts to be posted in all restaurants, daily calorie counting in the Philippines is next to impossible. When you understand how much you can eat before that flab starts growing, then you can deviate from eating healthy because you can easily get back on track.
Remember what Arnold said, abs are made in the kitchen. (more on this later). This section is about understanding how/why you get fat, in the simplest way. Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, he'll eat for life. Nuks, I forgot where I read that from, probably the bible. I don't know.
QUESTION AND ANSWER PORTION
Q: What about those diet fads, why don't I just do that?
A: Those don't work, and even if they do, it won't last. Who wants to spend thousands of pesos to be 'healthy' for a couple of weeks. You do know you'll still be alive when that skinny phase ends, right? They don't work coz as soon as it ends, you'll be lost in the dark right after. Iwan ka pa ng bagong girl/boyfriend mo pagtumaba ka ulit.
Tip: Read about nutrition, even just a little bit. Knowing the enemy is half the battle. (di ko rin alam saan ko nakuha yan, please don't cite me for plagiarism.)
I don' t recommend using calorie counting as a tool. Hassle eh. Just keep in mind, you gain weight when you eat more than you burn, you lose weight when you burn more than you eat. What you gain will depend on the quality of calories you eat. An illustration would be: eating the same amount of calories in cupcakes vs chicken, beef, veggies. Who do you think will look better?
The easiest thing to do is to figure out the hidden extra calories in your daily feeding time(parang baboy lang eh nh?) you don't have to abstain from them, but be wary.
Q: What are these 'hidden calories'?
- Most important: Learn to read labels. You don't have to be technical about it, just be aware of the amount of servings each container has before chowing down. Usually, a drink would post that it's around 100 calories per serving, then you go "Oh that's not so bad, Imma down this bitch." Then, when you double check, that bitch be like "Servings per container: 10" Whodabitchnowww?
- Cut down on juices, no matter how 'healthy' they claim to be. That's just to dupe silly people to drinking more. Whodatsillyperson? You dat silly person.
Fruits are made from fructose, which is basically sugar. A gram of sugar is about 4calories, do the math. Those sugars make you fat.
- Those ubergood frappucinos are made from more sugar. Understand that 'fat-free' is better healthwise, although unhealthy fats do contain the evil calories that create them cupcakes on your waist, drinking "fat-free" won't really help you see those abs. Sugar is the enemy.
- Condiments. Things that make life oh so good. Remember, ketchup/catsup is made of sugar. Mayo (the white thing, not the chinese word), I haven't checked but I hear it's got as much calories or carbs as a cup of rice. I forget, which. If you can't stand bland food, go learn to love spice. Certain spices are said to speed up metabolism and are pretty low in calories.
- Fried food. Bakit masarap ang bawal? (wink wink) Basically, frying food doubles/triples its calories because the oil gets absorbed in the food and you end up eating it. Nope, wiping it with them blue Gatsby oil absorbing thingies won't help. Save it for your fez or the fez of your oily friend.
Q: On carbs, why are they so 'bad'?
A: Sugar is basically carbs. Well they're bad because they're stripped of the nutrition that your body needs for recovering, and just add to your daily calorie intake.
There's such a thing as 'good' carbs. These are the whole wheat bread, brown rice, etc. They're better than their white counter part because they haven't been processed, theoretically, eating this version of carbs allows you to stay fuller longer, hence, less overall calories. Plus,they have the nutrition needed for that oh so sexybody. Be careful of those fake wheat breads. Look for the word "whole wheat" rather than just "wheat bread". These fakes are still made of white flour. Wolf in sheeps' clothing. Simply put, the latter is just like white rice, painted brown.
Q: On protein?
A: Protein, as everyone knows, are the building blocks of our muscles. To figure out what are carbs vs. protein, as a GENERAL RULE, let me quote Stallone: "If it ever had a face, it's protein." wtf ba? Here, what do cows, fishes, and chickens have in common? A FACE. If you ask me "What if I behead a chicken, will it turn to pure carbs?"... I will behead you myself.
So which source of protein is better? The lesser feet, the better. In this case, fish. If you argue: "But fish never had feet." Magpapatayan na tayo.
Be careful of eating too much tuna though, they contain mercury, and might not be advisable to eat so much.
Exception to the "face" rule however, are peanuts and some beans. So peanut butter is your friend, but don't buy the local ones because they tend to put too much sugar, which would defeat the purpose. Plus, they're high caloric food, so it's not an excuse to finish a jar, or eat more Reese's pieces.
So how do all these work? Imagine that protein are bricks to the house you're building, and carbs are the workers that delivers the bricks to their proper place. Don't cut out the carbs, just minimize the 'bad' ones. Without carbs, recovery would be hampened. Cutting out carbs would leave your muscles flat, and low energy.
So there, these are the basics that you can use to slowly but surely get you to your ideal fitness level. I hope you learned something, and I plan to post more on workout principles that you can apply, depending on how this is received. Kung wala naman kasing nagbabasa, pointless. Hehe
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