antidiet-dietclub

[antidiet-dietclub]

Transform into the body of your dreams…

#health & fitness #wellness #lifestyle #motivation

[antidiet-dietclub]

The Not So Good Stuff 

Understanding what will work and what will not work for your body is key to the steps in deciding which routes to take next for your fitness journey. Throughout the blog, I’ve first explained the fundamentals I believe everybody should have a good, basic idea on. We started with what cutting and bulking meant and how they drastically differ from each other, to remembering that in your journey, numbers on the scale or chart do play a big enough role to evaluate your progress, and then what methods and supplements would be best for those who would like to start cutting. Finally, I will be discussing the not-so-great-methods to take when considering your cut. These methods will be different from the ones I talked about in my previous blog (one-day diet fads, juice cleanse, restricted diet).

So, what will not work for those trying to cut? 1) AbCuts CLA Belly Fat Formula 2) Essentials Creatine Monohydrate 3) C4 Pre-Workout

1) AbCuts CLA Belly Fat Formula claims to be “America’s #1 CLA Fat Loss Brand.” I regret to inform you that this is not the case. With an attractive and luring design, and as a newcomer to the fitness industry, the bottle instantly drew me in. After buying about three bottles of the supplement, I saw no significant improvement. I then did further research on the bottle and read that the main ingredients were omega 3 fish oil, flaxseed oil, and vitamin E. Those ingredients will not help most your metabolism any different than taking a multivitamin everyday! The end result? Skip the AbCuts.

2) Contrary to popular belief, creatine monohydrate power does not work for me–in the short-term. Creatine monohydrate basically aids in your ability to lift heavier weights. While I thought I needed to take this supplement in order to lift heavier… in order to do burn more calories…in order to then cut more weight, it went the complete opposite route. At first, creatine makes you gain a lot of weight. It makes your body hold an immense amount of water weight in order to supplement its change to your body. The end result of taking creatine could be effective, but one has to allocate at least a month before seeing results (so your body could get used to the new supplement and then drop the water weight). If you don’t have an extra four weeks to spare, I would pass on the creatine monohydrate.

3) C4 is probably every college students’ starter or only familiar pre-workout. I know this because I started with this brand of pre-workout and only later learned about the many other effective ones (as discussed in my previous blog). Highly advertised and marketed, it would be hard not to consider C4 as a fitness newbie. Please, let me save you. C4 is the worst pre-workout on the market. After a single scoop, I felt tingling in my ears, what felt like ants running down my spine, and the jitters. I also did not see any improvement in my training or body composition after two weeks of trial. Let me save you the time and point you in a different direction. Do not consider this brand!

#health & fitness #fitness #lifestyle #wellness #anti diet #gym

[antidiet-dietclub]

PREWORKOUT>GYM

#gym #coffee

[antidiet-dietclub]

If this dog could find time to workout, you could too!

#funny #fitness #dogs #working out

[antidiet-dietclub]

The Good Stuff 

Okay, now that you have learned about the basic fundamentals of my interpretations of life in fitness and diet (i.e. cutting vs. bulking and remembering that numbers on a scale or chart do not determine your progress), now we could get to the good stuff:

What works and what doesn’t?

Whenever I try to fix my body composition, I usually choose cutting over bulking. For that reason, I will mainly go over the effective methods and supplements to consider when cutting.

I am willing to bet all the money in my wallet right now (you would win about $10 which is nothing, but something) that you have looked into the latest one-day diet fads, considered a juice cleanse, or developed a “salads only” mindset at least once in your lifetime.

Well, I have some good news and bad news for you.

The bad news is that none of those methods work. The good news is that I know what methods will.

In short, the “get skinny fast” methods work in all the wrong ways. Methods such as juice cleanses or only eating salads only strip your ability to receive the right amount of nutrition for your body. The methods claim to work, but is essentially just leading you towards either starvation or LBM. These are not healthy methods for your body.

Methods and supplements to consider: 1) Intermittent Fasting 2) GNC Total Lean L-Carnitine Complex Dietary Supplement 3) Bucked Up Woke AF Pre-Workout

Intermittent fasting is popular for a reason. It is basically a scheduled eating time. For times that are not in your schedule to eat, you simply fast. I have been doing intermittent fasting for almost three years now, and let me be the first to let you know that it has done wonders for my physique. By scheduling a certain and consistent window to eat in, the times in which you are not, your body automatically burns the calories and fat stored within. The eating schedule that works best with me is called “16/8” in which you fast for 16 hours and are able to eat in 8. For example, my current schedule allows me to consume food/drinks/anything of the caloric manner from 12pm-8pm. Then, after 8pm, I fast for 16 hours until 12pm comes again. It’s important to note that within the 16 hour fast, no caloric assumption is to be involved. The benefits I’ve had in having this routine are: little to no bloat in the morning, less fatigue, more lean-looking body, and less belly fat.

GNC Total Lean is a great dietary supplement for beginners. It supports fatty acid metabolism and helps to fuel muscle recovery after workout out. While aiding in boosting your metabolism, the supplement also works in developing a lean and more cut look. I recommend this product because in conjunction with intermittent fasting, I’m able to see drastic differences to my body compared to the other supplements I’ve tried.

Bucked Up is a high-stimulant pre-workout supplement. Although I would not recommend this product to beginners due to its high potency, this product would be great for those who’ve tried other pre-workouts that didn’t work so well. Bucked Up allows you to maximize your time in the gym and produce far faster, stronger, and longer workouts than ever before. While fasting, then starting your day with the supplements, to then taking a scoop of pre-workout, you’ll feel immensely energized at the gym and will be able to easily work towards having the ideal body type.

#health & fitness #workout #excercise #anti diet #wellness #weight loss tips

[antidiet-dietclub]

#anti diet #funny #intuitive eating #kirby

[antidiet-dietclub]

#funny #hungry #food

[antidiet-dietclub]

The Truth About Numbers:

For some reason, the main factor always taken into consideration and evaluation for either losing or gaining weight would be: numbers.

Who would’ve thought that those small numbers on a scale, chart, or measuring system determine your defeat or hopeful push to the steps you take next?

Allow me to first start off by saying that…NUMBERS DO NOT MATTER. I cannot express how many times I have seen my friends, family—and prior to gaining some knowledge—myself, to heavily rely and live through the numbers presented to me by a device that does not consider all the other factors, or by the numbers on an ancient-old chart that supposedly determines if you are obese just solely based on your height and weight.

For example, picture a brunette, brown-eyed female with a white shirt and black shorts on stepping on a scale. She steps on the scale and her weight comes out to be 185 pounds. Her height is an approximate 173 inches, or about 5 feet and 8 inches. Did your perceived image of the female change? Did you picture what her body might look like based on the information given?

Most people would have imagined the 5 foot 8 inch female weighing at the hefty 185 pounds to be on the “bigger” side. Most would’ve pictured either a pot belly, flabby arms, large calves, etc. In fact, according to the BMI scale, this particular female is actually overweight…and even close to obese!

In actuality, however, this female is lean and pure muscle. Not at all close to the standard “overweight” or “obese” numbers stereotype. Sure, she may have some percentage of body fat like we all do, but nothing close to unhealthy or is alarming.

The reason I’m giving this scenario? To better inform those who may feel discouraged as to why the numbers on the scale are not scaling down and also give those who look at the BMI scale and believe they are on the verge of obesity reassurance–that everything is alright and that that paper is to not be followed. Many individuals today still forget that lean muscle weighs more than fat.

The more important factors to consider when learning more about your body are: how you feel (if you feel stronger/weaker), the aesthetic look of your body, and the only number you should consider if really needed: the body fat percentage.

With this (hopefully) easy second concept in mind, it will be easier for you to navigate you way through my blog.

Talk to you soon!

#fitness #nutrition #health & fitness #blog post #thoughts #wellness

[antidiet-dietclub]

#fitness #health & fitness #gymspiration

[antidiet-dietclub]

How I feel at the gym after leg day…

#funny #gymspiration #fitness #health & fitness #gymmotivation

[antidiet-dietclub]

Cutting vs. Bulking

I’m sure I’m not the only person who constantly battles between the effects of having an inconsistent body composition. These effects include, but are not limited to: emotional strain, mental breakdowns, a plateau in your physical appearance, the feeling of discouragement, always feeling hungry, always feeling full, the list goes on.  The process of wanting to “lean out” (or reduce body fat percentage), but needing to diet or maintain a daily caloric deficit isn’t favored amongst most. At the same time, the idea of “bulking up” (or increasing body fat with a surplus amount of daily calories and protein in an attempt to increase the overall body composition) isn’t the crowd-favorite either.

So what is?

First let’s talk about why individuals choose to start their journeys. What makes people want to lean out? Whether summer is approaching and they want to look good in their swimsuit, or they compete in competitions where you literally aim to have the least amount of body fat percentage possible, the popular main goal of successfully leaning out is primarily for the physical aesthetic. By leaning out, you reduce your body fat a substantial amount and maintain that lower body fat percentage to muscle mass ratio. This then allows for a person’s body to look more “fit” and “cut”–all of which are factors the judges in the body competitions look out for. For the average non-competitor, leaning out allows for the physical aesthetic satisfaction and recognition. The obliques popping out, the more toned look rather than looking “soft,” and of course the features of having the same body type only models or other celebrity figures have. The end result of leaning out is surely a prize most want, but are the steps needed to obtain that prize too vigorous for some?

On the contrary, bulking up presents a nightmare to those in the lean journey. Consuming sometimes two to three times more calories than your usual daily calorie intake is just the first step to bulking. Basically, bulking is eating more calories than you burn in a day. By accomplishing this, you are promoting muscle gaining which increases your strength, increasing bone density, and contrary to many negative beliefs, one also increases good fat stored in the body. Should one choose to cut after bulking, one actually would just maintain the muscle developed while bulking, only to get rid of the fat gained during that process. The end result of bulking leads to a more “filled out” and stronger-looking body physique.  

#health & fitness #food #health #lifestyle

[antidiet-dietclub]

Me eating at midnight wondering why I’m not seeing any results from the gym…

[antidiet-dietclub]

Me working out and wondering why I haven’t lost any body fat yet…