How to increase the tight lean look

OK, I think that title says it all.

Now the question is “How to increase the tight lean look, Patrick, you meat head nutritionist?”

Well its not always simple, but the answer is true.  Blood, sweat and tears.  OK maybe not that bad, but it will be a challenge.  I know you are up for it and it will be easier than you think.

Let’s Review:

We doubled our water – this is paramount to getting just a bit tighter than you could expect and paramount if you want to look tighter and leaner than an average day at the beach.

How else can we look tighter with nutrition?  Simply you can follow the previous suggestion and the outline for water intake, but there is another step to this trick.  You MUST swap all your simple carbs, fruits and dairies for more complex, high fibre and nutrient dense options.

For example SWAP:

• Bananas for Rice Cakes
• Rice Cakes for Potatoes
• Apples for Oatmeal
• Grapes for Broccoli
• Milk for Protein Shakes made with water

You get the idea.  You also want to start to limit what we call dry carbs.  These are simply the breads and pastas and for the most part man made products.  These are already limited in your meal plans, but even this moderate shift away from dry carbs, fruits and dairy will make a huge impact on your appearance and quite honestly will dip a bit deeper into the fat stores for more crisp looks to your new lean body.

I would even suggest going with a tried and true STOP day.  Brad Pilon can give you a ton of science on this Eat STOP Eat theory, but I know how it works for fat loss and in the case water shed.  Here’s the snap shot of it all.

Eating causes water retention.  STOP allows the body to clear the system for better digestion.  Eating can fill out the muscle bellies, but also cause you to bloat in the waist and spill over to the skin giving that watery and smooth appearance.  A STOP can cause you to burn just a few more fat cells in the last few days.  Most importantly, carbs retain water, a STOP day will cut that problem off.  Now here’s the neat cool thing I know from experience.  A STOP day is not the magic you are looking for.  In fact it’s the eat day right after the STOP day.  You see when you start to eat again, the body naturally has a rebound effect and dumps a load of water.  This is especially true when you take in solid amounts of protein and fat and keep the carbs limited.  If you haven’t played with a STOP day, I might suggest you skip this trick.  But if you have done Eat STOP Eat and it works for you, then you will want your STOP day to be next Saturday December 12^th for a full 24 hours.

How do you do it. Eat the Empowered Nutrition way until Friday evening, say 5pm.  Then after a solid Empowered Dinner, you will STOP all calories for 24 hours, until dinner tomorrow.  Eat a clean Empowered Dinner on Saturday at 6pm.  No snack that night, just 1 meal.  Then Sunday start with an Empowered Nutrition Breakfast, without any simple carbs, I suggest your favorite Empowered Oatmeal and Egg or Protein Smoothie breakfast (just keep an eye on your liquid intake) and get back on track eating every 3 hours for the rest of the day.

There you have it, one more way to get tight and lean without doing anything at all.  Literally NOTHING at all.  Very cool and just so we are very aware, from personal experience it works.

Tomorrow I will cover “How to Increase Your Skin Tone” to help with your color and after pictures.

I know it’s the weekend, so try to relax and rest.  Enjoy.

Patrick.

You can read more on Eat STOP Eat, just click  the book and I will let Brad Pilon explain it all to you.

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Some of these techniques are pretty advanced and NOT to be attempted by everyone.  Following these tips will not guarantee you as a winner, but can help.  Consult your physician before following any nutrition, exercise or supplement program.  Use of these techniques are at the sole discretion and risk of the individual, Empowered Nutrition Products Inc., its partners and employees are not liable for any injuries or illnesses experienced due to any of the tips provided on this site, podcasts, books, ebooks or associated publications.

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