Hello Dear One!

If you’ve ever salivated over someone’s flat, or washboard, abs – this 3 Part Series might be a useful breakdown of items to check off the list if you’d like to have more of that for yourself.

1) Abs are Made in the Kitchen

Yes!  & Not entirely!

Abs are made in the kitchen in the sense that what you eat makes an impact on what your body looks like.

Hopefully everyone is quite clear that sugary or highly processed carbs are NOT helpful in the waistline effort, which (ahem) also includes alcohol (check out the 3 part series on how to do THAT better on the blog).

Most fitness enthusiasts preach the gospel of lean protein and produce – which is NOT the doctrine of fat burning (find out more about what to eat here in day 5 of a fat burning equation), which CAN aid in weight loss around your middle as it will not trip your body up insulin production wise (stores belly fat).

BUT protein is not a good source of fuel, so ultimately the body buckles (see why we’re Born to Burn fat for fuel here), and the need for carbohydrates is REAL.

Ok!  So if we understand more about why eating in a fat burning way is SO MUCH BETTER, then the same premise that, “Abs are made in the kitchen”, should still hold true yes?

Kind of!  

Eating “fat burning” foods will give you the fuel you need to function WELL on highly efficient and abundant (= 16xs more energy than glucose per molecule) fuel, keep your body in a fat burning mode, AND reduce the amount of insulin required to transport that fuel.

BUT what is VERY powerful, is that by being in a fat burning mode your body is actually enabled to stay OUT of the kitchen (which is really where the bulk of weight loss happens), by making you LESS hungry, free from cravings, and your body more insulin sensitive (easier to lose weight, harder to gain it) as a whole.

Because (drumroll)…CALORIES COUNT!

Additionally what the BEAUTIFUL biological mode of fat burning enables as well, is for us to go for longer stretches between meals, allowing us to eat less often (3 times a day max, and most of the fat burners I work with only eat 2 times a day, occasionally ONE – including myself).

Every time we eat our blood sugar goes up to some degree, even if we’re eating foods that are lower in carbohydrates.

Every time our blood sugar rises, insulin is released to move that fuel to muscles for physical activity.

The more often, and more in amount, insulin is released over time, the LESS insulin sensitive our bodies will be. 

And depending on the severity of the situation – the greater the likelihood we have of becoming more insulin resistant (easier to gain weight, harder to lose it, plus the potential of some mega health issues).

Which is why it is useful to eat less often and have wider windows between meals (this does NOT work if you’re still in a sugar burning mode – see where you fall here) because it makes the body VERY insulin sensitive, which is VERY useful to NOT accumulate fat around the midsection, supporting our tum tum to be more trim, lean, and look GOOD.

And if you’d like to check out more about a program that makes the body more insulin sensitive FIRST – enabling faster weight loss (and a flatter tummy!), please check out Fat Burning Mastery.

Stay tuned tomorrow for item #2 in this series on Abba Dabba Dos!

To getting you clearer on how the body works, & how to make it work for you.

xox, M