Good Lifestyle

"All in moderation" is a very good saying - and not just because it gives you a license to deliver you to your favorite foods on a routine basis. This is perhaps the key to achieving something that escapes you for years: Abs hard rock.

If you train your heart, observe your diet like a hawk and reward you with a giant cheating meal on weekends - so many trainers advise - there is a good chance that you go all that is wrong , saysIlyse Schapiro, R.D., a dietitian and an author based in New YorkShould I scooper my bagel?

Such a restrictive diet plan does not prevent you from retaining yourself - it could damage your body.

Here's why: Eat too few Monday to Friday, which would be about 1,600 calories a day for sportsmen - can slow down your metabolism, says Schapiro. And when you spread a pizza on Friday night, your body holds many of these calories. "It does not know when the next meal is," she says. "If you do it regularly, you probably challenge one of the progress you have made during the week."

The solution? Loosen a little. "If you need a small treat and a little treat a day, you stop you too much on weekends, get about 150 calories or less," says Schapiro. Look at your sleep too. "When we are not going to the recommendation of 7 to 8 hours of sleep per night, your body can build cortisol, which can accumulate belly fat."

The Weekend Boozing can also be to blame for a less belly than flat. "We know studies according to which alcohol is metabolized differently from the three macronutrients, resulting in a higher probability of fat storage, and often moments of the intestine," said Kristin Kirkpatrick, Rd, Hellness Manager. Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute and author of the bookSkinny liver.

And if you will be strict of an area of ​​your nutrition, leave it alcohol. Kirkpatrick suggests limiting alcohol to no more than a few times a week - and no more than one glass at a time. It's hard, we know. "It's below the government's recommendations, but it may be the final sacrifice that you may need to take to get these abs." And for more our great nutrition tips, do not miss the5 ways of losing stubborn fat.

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