The fascination with achieving the 6 pack Abs, it’s perceived as the measure of true fitness and great achievement. But the truth is it has everything to do with what we are putting into our mouths and yes in some cases genetics (ie very fast metabolism.)
Yep the Ab roller Ab circle pro the Abdominisor and the Ab king - those toys that all folded neatly under the bed or in a cupboard are gimmicks - Hello!, what you may say in jest they don’t work miracles and scorch away my tummy rolls after only a few tedious sessions, and keep it off so I can live happily ever after. Sounds like a fairy tale doesn’t it?
There’s always that cursed fine print that nobody bothers to look for, and that old saying rings home once again - if it looks too good to be true - it probably is.
Yep, we always missed in the fine print and in this case the bit about, “Combined with a complimenting fitness program and calorie controlled diet.” So there it is it’s out of the bag, I’m sorry to dash your dreams on this one but alas that’s the truth, you’ll need to put in a lot more effort than they seem to tell you. There is also another key reality that once again I’m gunna bust a myth here spot reduction of fat deposits doesn’t occur - the reality is in regard to reducing fat stores - is “last fat on first fat off”
Genetically you may hold stores of fat around your butt, Legs or Gut. Depending on which of the three basic shapes you’re aligned to.
Crash course in the THREE BODY TYPES
ECTOMORPH
- Narrow hips and clavicles
- Small joints (wrist/ ankles)
- Thin build
- Stringy muscle bellies
- Long limbs
MESOMORPH
- Wide clavicles
- Narrow waist
- Thinner joints
- Long and round muscle bellies
ENDOMORPH
- Blocky
- Thick rib cage
- Wide/thicker joints
- Hips as wide (or wider)
- than clavicles
- Shorter limbs
Hopefully that makes sense of the reality of our individual wrestle with - “Our Look” we are what we are or what our ancestors have passed down to us - as in the basic shape of us - we do the colouring in, don’t confuse your situation and blame them for too many fat cells that you’ve put onto your frame.
You may have heard of organisations claiming to spot reduce and others using the gladwrap method of wrapping themselves up to burn a particular zone or area of the body. Doesn’t happen! It just doesn’t, if it did wouldn’t we all be doing it and all look magnificent?? Even the laziest person in the world would be doing it - don’t you think?
With all this now fresh in your mind take the time to schedule at least Three 30 minute time slots into your week to do something physical into your week - Dance walk or jog - even drop down to your closest gym doing something is far better than doing nothing start a habit that you can keep and don’t let life get in your way. Take control and own it.
Oh and 6 Pack Abs are made in the Kitchen!!
- 1/3 cup Almond Milk
- 1 cup Applesauce (sugar free)
- 4 tbsp Vanilla protein powder
- 1 cup Walnuts (chopped)
Directions
- In large bowl, mix together flour, Stevia, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and protein powder.
- In another bowl, mix together apple sauce, egg whites, almond milk, and banana.
- Slowly add dry ingredients to the egg white mixture. Once all ingredients are incorporated, fold in the blueberries and walnuts.
- Drop generous tablespoons of mixture onto a non stick muffin tin.
- Bake at 350 deg. for 20-25 minutes.
NUTRITION INFO
- Serving Size 1 Muffin
- (Recipe yields 10)
- Per serving
- Calories 206
- Total Fat 9g
- Total Carbs 25g
- Protein 9
