Step 1 – Take a look at this breakfast combo (I’m actually in the middle of eating as I write this):
Step 2 – Now, take a look at a pic of my abs (again, taken in the middle of eating the food above and writing this post):
Now I know I don’t have the rippling, busting abs you see on the cover of FLEX, but you can see them and more importantly they work properly for my sports.
You’re Thinking, “Why the Hell Do I Want to
Look At This Guy’s Breakfast and Abs?”
Valid question.
It’s to make a clear point. Trust me, I wouldn’t write such a weird post if I didn’t have a good reason, and here it is…
If you need to lose fat, then NUTRITION plays a bigger role than EXERCISE.
Now some can get away with treating their body like a dumpster (many young athletes), but that would require exercising an obscene amount – like 3-4 hours a day, not possible for most. Even then, the health consequences and performance hit wouldn’t be worth it.
There are 2 things that I did today that many people won’t do and will dismiss as unnecessary, or say they can’t do it.
Lean Body Thing I Did Today #1
I woke up at 6am today (didn’t have to, just did because I’m working on a lot of cool things right now) and had a breakfast of cottage cheese and 1/2 a whole-wheat bagel with natural peanut butter and natural jam (no sugar added).
Now, I know a lot of people who say, “I can’t eat anything first thing in the morning”. Well just like anything, you won’t be able to do it perfectly right away, you might have to start with something small like a small yogurt. But at one time in your life you couldn’t walk, and now look at you!
The 2nd thing a lot of people say is, “I have no time in the morning to make anything.”
The breakfast I had took me a whole 4 minutes to wait for the bagel to toast, and in that time I scooped the cottage cheese into a bowl and opened the peanut butter and jam containers. When the bell rang, I raced to spread the PB+J on the 1/2 bagel and off I went on my merry way.
Trust me, time is not the issue.
Now you may be thinking, “I thought he ate the egg on toast with sausage and a lettuce salad like in the pic for breakfast.”
Which brings us to…
Lean Body Thing I Did Today #2
Ate again about 2.5 hours later, the meal you saw above.
In my opinion, meal frequency is very important for maintaining lean mass and a low body fat.
So is adequate protein intake. You don’t have to overdo it, but you need some protein at each meal.
Also important is eating REAL FOOD. Not stuff that lasts for 2 years on a shelf – stuff that will rot and decay and get eaten by bugs and bacteria. Hell, if bugs and bacteria are eating it, it’s a good chance it’s good for you.
The last thing about this is that I had a salad, a plain lettuce salad, at 8:30 am. Many people will say, “I can’t eat salad in the morning.”
What the hell? It’s just food.
We’ve got to get out of the dogma of eating cereal in the morning, a sandwich for lunch, and meat and potatoes for dinner.
I learned once that if everyone’s doing something and you don’t like their results, do the opposite. So let’s flip this standard diet around:
- Eat a big dinner of meat and potatoes in the morning
- Flip the proportions in your sandwich (instead of mostly bread, go mostly meat/veggies)
- Have an omelette for dinner
Throw a couple snacks in between and you’re good to go!
I want to hear what YOU DO that’s different than the norm and how that’s better. Anything – food, training, thoughts, what you do with your spare time. Leave your comment below:
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