Abs Diet for Women
by Travis
Just wanted to make sure that the women doing the diet are getting their questions answered and are headed in the right direction.
This web page contains some information for women doing the Abs Diet.
Additionally, there is a Women's Abs Diet Forum where you can get a lot of questions answered.
Hope that helps. If any of the ladies would like to chime in, I'm sure the others would appreciate it.
This web page contains some information for women doing the Abs Diet.
Additionally, there is a Women's Abs Diet Forum where you can get a lot of questions answered.
Hope that helps. If any of the ladies would like to chime in, I'm sure the others would appreciate it.
posted by Travis at
3:58 PM
5 Comments:
Here's another link I found for women on the Abs Diet that is worth the read:
http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article/0,2823,s1-4-0-0-1692-2-5-2,00.html
One common concern that I get from females joining the gym is about muscle growth, and the concern of muscles growing too big. I understand the concern, but there's really nothing to worry about. Because of the difference in hormones especially, women generally have a very slow muscle growth rate. Another reason you shouldn't worry is because the workouts outlined in the book is not for building muscle. Circuit training and 10-15 reps are used for toning and strength training. So just remember to keep in good form (never arch your lower back when working out with weights), and feel free to push yourself lift as much as you can, provided you can do 10 reps in perfect form. If you can do 10 reps easily, move up, if you can't, lift less weight. Keep in mind you will still be gaining muscle mass, and see an increase in muscle size, but it will be at a slow rate which will make it all that much easier to control. You want this increase in muscle. It won't make your arms bigger because you are replacing the fat with muscle. You'll just be working towards that toned but slim look.
How are the women body builders doing it? Some people, male or female are genetically prone to growing muscles at a faster rate. If you are here, then you probably don't have this problem (or gift however you look at it). Also, these women take every suppliment legal and not legal known to man to boost their muscle growth potential and testosterone. Say that the worse case scenario happens and your biceps get just get a few millimeters bigger than you wanted them to be, fortunately, losing muscle is effortless. Just don't work them out for 2 weeks at the gym, and problem should be solved.
Keep in mind:
Right after a tough work out, your muscles will appear bigger, but its an effect that will only last a few hours. It gets pumped full of lactic acid (the body's response to protecting and healing the muscle you have just worked to exhaustion). Don't let this alarm you, you can't grow muscles that quickly.
Should women eat almonds/penut butter even though the only reason for eating them seems to be to boost testosterone levels? Yes. The amount of increased testosterone levels is very minimal. Testosterone helps you burn fat at rest and build muscle. Even though this effect is very minimal it will be benefiscial to what we're trying to accomplish here. Also, eating these fats keep you fuller longer. And the good fat does not increase your body fat.
This applies for both men and women, but the first few days when you exercise, you might notice that your pants might be getting tighter. This is a temporary effect because there is swelling in the muscles that you are breaking in, along with the lactic acid in your muscles that you get when you start working out. So it might look like you are getting bigger as the muscle has temporarily increased in size and is pushing the fat out a little more than usual. But don't worry, after a week the swelling has gone down along with the progress you've made, you should start noticing your pants starting to feel looser.
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Michael Ma, at 5:59 PM
I found this article informative:
http://ageless-athletes.com/women_and_weight_training.shtml
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Michael Ma, at 6:26 PM
Well, I haven't had much to say because I sorta started off slow. I'm working on making changes in my eating habits and schedule. I haven't really been following the Abs Diet recipes for any of my meals but I am imcorporating the "power foods" into my meals. I have eaten breakfast for three days straight now. I've been eating oatmeal with strawberries and milk or scrambled eggs and toast w/ peanut butter. (usually it's coffee, tea, or donuts) In the past the best I could do was peanut butter and toast or cereal with low fat milk. I'm over the super sugary cereals but I just found that there was HFCS in Raisin Bran. I've been snacking on oatmeal, cereal, veggies w/ peanut butter, fruit, organic string cheese and turkey. I've been making turkey sandwiches and fruit for lunch mostly. No mayonaise but some tomato slices and a couple of slices of salami.(I know it's salty but it's not so bad if I only use one serving of salami)I think I ended up eating 8 times on Monday though. I was only able to eat 4 times today but I wasn't really hungry. I've had fish for dinner the last three days (alternating between salmon and tilapia). I've been avoiding salt in my cooking whenever I can. I find lemon juice and pepper work pretty well on spinach and broccoli. I have definitely increased my dairy intake since Monday which is good since I need that calcium.
I have a tendency to rebel when things feel too structured especially when it comes to FOOD. I worked with a personal trainer once and she put me on a set number of calories along with an excercise program. I enjoyed learning about doing exercises correctly and what types are best for what I wanted to achieve but I ABSOLUTELY HATED the diet plan. She was more focused on the number of calories I ate than what I was eating. I was very surprised by this. When I asked her what mattered more she said it would be healthier to pick healthier foods but the bottom line was the NUMBER for losing weight/fat.
So I'm moving a little slow because I wasn't as prepared as I thought I would be but I figured some effort was better than no effort. Perhaps moving slowly would give me a better chance at adjusting to it and making long term changes in my eating habits. Now the exercises... My goal is to start before this week is over.
Maybe I'll start making smoothies tomorrow.
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Unknown, at 12:17 AM
Smoothies are awesome. They are fun to make, and taste great.
Just from the past 8 days, I've been pretty shocked on how much progress I've made on just changing the type of food. I was exercising 5x a week, and eating 6x a day, but there was never any progress for months and months. But suddenly, I change the type of food, and its like magic. I don't think I'm exercising any more or less.
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Michael Ma, at 10:03 AM
By request
http://www.loamy.com/journal.html
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Michael Ma, at 12:00 PM
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