if your trying to lean down, get your diet in check... this may not be the best for everyone but when i am cutting, my diet is 70-80% water rich foods. i follow the following:
the most water rich food are fruit;
FRUITS: there are four types of fruits--
1. SWEET-- bananas, dates, persimmons etc.
2. MELONS- cantelope,honey dew, watermelon, etc.
3. ACID- grapefruit, orange, blackberries, pineapples,strawberries, etc..
4. SUB ACID- apple, apricot fresh cherries, grapes, etc.
you should not eat fruits at the same time as other types of foods because they are digested with different stomach juices as other foods and this causes them to not digest properly and rot causing indigestion and gas.. also you will not absorb these nutrients properly and completely.. which means wasted food.
The next group in order of highest water content foods is:
NON-STARCHY VEGETABLES:
green beans, lettuce, mushrooms,spinach, celery, cucumber, egg plant, etc.
these can be eaten with proteins or starch/carb foods because they use the same digestive acids to be digested and put to use by the body.
next group is your STARCHY/CARB foods:
beans,breads,cereals, potatoes,etc..
next is your PROTEINS:
cheese, coconuts, eggs, fish, fowl, beef, milk, nuts, olives, nut butters, yogurt, etc..
then your FATS:
avocado, butter, olive oil, etc.
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I listed all these because when I am trying to lean up without losing muscle, i eat mostly the first two groups because the more water rich foods you eat the faste your metabolism goes... i eat fruit always by itsself so i wont slow down.. but if you do throughout the day fruit for your first three meals, non starchy veggies for your fourth and a small protein/ starchy for your fifth meal, you WILL trim up...
the faster your body burns the more energy and health you gain.. so as you trim down you will speed up and reduce the aging factor.. I PROMISE>
Thank you and I hope this helps,, it helped me lose over 30 lbs of fat before i started to bulk...
EGO!
