ANY TIPS ON GETTING ABS TIGHT?

doesnt matter what time you eat as long as u meet your macro. Theres MANY bodybuilders, cutting up or bulking that eat at random times and it does not affect them. and there's been studies by smarter people then me and you that proved eating 6-7 meals a day stimulate metabolism. Please stop with your broscience

this is really a food & fitness forum thread...

alot of good info there... although you see some of the respect posters there posting on this thread...

I think people need to start citing sources before simply bashing each other...

That's fine but most people don't have a chance to eat when they are hungry because their environment/occupation limits them. That's why you need a schedule with pre-prepared meals.

for anyone who can carry around a snack, here'a couple that are pretty good

 dont know why im arguing with you but explain this to me. link if you say eat "quality" calories, how come this guy lost weight eating what he ate. calorie in = calorie out.

10 weeks. It does not matter what you eat because calorie is calorie. There is no such thing as good calorie and bad calorie. As long as you meet your macro for the day, your good. Ignore that ginger up there, he dont know shit about nutritions.

u know you can gain weight eating the healthiest food out there if you eat above your body maintenance? and no, that guy would not gain weight if he kept doing that cuz his eating under his maintenance 

What would be an ideal calorie intake for me to tone and lose weight? (6'2" 195) Also what are some of the good fruits and vegtables and what are some bad ones? Thanks for all the good info guy.

it depends on what you mean by the healthiest foods.  i suppose you can gain weight by eating the healthiest foods, as i understand them, but it would be difficult.  the idea of eating the right foods is you are eating what your body wants and needs.  those foods will fill you up, unlike a bag of baked potato chips or twinkies like that guy.  if you are eating quality calroies in the amounts your body needs and uses, there shouldn't be any reason to eat more unless you have an eating disorder.

if you are eating crap and trying to stop at some artificially set number of calories, that's not sustainable. 

summer, fruit can be high in carbs which isn't ideal but fruit is still better than most foods that are high in carbs.  in other words, if you are going to eat carbs, fruits are better than a lot of carbs because they offer other benefits. 

that being said, i'd say just about any vegetable is good.  as for fruits, these are some of the better ones- all berries, apricots, grapefruit, kiwi, pruines, dates, guava. 

these are some of the ones you'd want to eat less of: bananas, pears, grapes, watermelon, mango, i.e. the sweeter ones.

i eat all fruit but if you really wanted a strict diet, some are better than others.

Is Mcdonalds after working out healthy?

GetPaid, don't bother arguing with that stupid fuck. He has zero clue what the fuck he is talking about.

Hey, its the know nothing himself!!

Not exactly.  You eat a lot of calories late at night -- well guess what, your metabolic rate slows down at night.  You are not breaking down the carbs and fats as much and well that stiff that is not broken down has to go somewhere.

Better to avoid eating later on at night.  That way you begin to break down the carbs during your evening activities and then continue to break down carbs / switch to breaking down fats (for your energy source) at night.

I tried to give this in lay terms.  let me know if you want more of the physiology

Sorry but a calorie is not a calorie -- at least not in the way your body handles it.  Please do not tell people this is the case.

STOP POSTING.  YOUR INFO IS PHYSIOLOGICALLY INCORRECT.  STOP NOW.

Of course you can gain weight eating the healthiest food.  But as clubdirt stated  200 calories of twinkies are not the same as 200 calories of carrots.  There is more to cardiovascular health than calories.  Ask any diabetic and see what he / she says.

take 'em to school, mattbrot  

For over 3 yrs now i've been:

- cutting down on bad carbs,
- eating plenty fruits & vegetables,
- doing a lot of cardio,
- playing basketball several times a week and
- lifting weights.

whiles doing that i've been:

- having no carbs after 7pm
- consuming 0% whey protein
- taking creatine


Results have been great:

- lost weight
- gotten fitter
- got more cut (creatine helped me in getting even more cut)
- lost fat around the belly

Now, mine was a long term goal so it took quite a while for me to achieve this but that was my goal. To tweek my routine in order to shed even more belly fat in less time what i would change is:

- NO CARBS AFTER 1pm
- NO BOOZE!!!!!
- Up my cardio work out exercise targetting my abs (sits ups)


I was the cat who made that post a long time ago that recieved over 5 pages of replies about how to lose a beer gut:

https://www.covers.com/postingforum/post01/showmessage.aspx?spt=218&sub=100238811

I do stray away from being disciplined which is why results have been slower than what it should be so Discipline must also be your priority.

- consuming 0% carb whey protein