Mens Fitness: 6 Tips For Getting Rid Of Your Gut
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
No BS’ing around today let’s get right into what you can start doing today to start getting rid of your gut Mens Fitness And Health Style!
Drink more water. Particularly between your meals when you’re craving a snack. A lot of times it’s those between-meal snacks that sabotage our diets and rob us of our six packs.
Eat a good breakfast. Eating a good breakfast can boost your metabolism by as much as 10 percent the entire day.
Eat 4-6 well balanced meals throughout the day. Make sure your meals have equal sized portions of proteins, carbohydrates and fats and try to eat a small meal every 2-4 hours.
Ditch the soda and other high-sugar drinks. All those extra calories and ridiculous amounts of sugar will really look pretty when they’re wrapped around your mid-section at the beach this summer. Replace all of those drinks with water and you’ll start to lose weight today!
No carbs at least 3 hours before bed time. And if possible avoid eating any food 3 hours before you hit the sack. Most of the food you consume this close to bed time ends up as fat around your mid-section… think about that the next time you’re thinking about chugging another beer and eating some more pizza.
Do some cardio first thing in the morning. Nothing spikes your metabolism and melts the fat off your body like cardio first thing in the morning on an empty stomach.
Pump some iron. Research has shown that lifting weights and increasing your muscle mass dramatically increases your metabolism. All this means is that your body will burn more calories all day every day basically because muscles require more energy to maintain then does fat.