what is a really good diet to trim your abs working at mcdonalds?
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If you are going to eat there, go for grilled chicken sandwich without mayo or the salads with grilled chicken and low fat dressing.  Skip the french fries and big macs.  Drink diet coke or water.
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diet & abdominal exercises . avoid fatty food
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Cardio is the only way to burn fat around your mid section. You should go onto an elliptical machine, tredmill, or bike for about 30 minutes a day. Only do crunches after, or you could bulk up even more. Also, eat more protien, and less carbs. That will really help.
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The best diet is just to eat when your hungry and stop when\nyou are no longer hungry. Crunches and the stepper may be\nbest for exercise.
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The only diet that really works and lasts forever, is one that is healthy and is supplemented by healthy exercise.\n\nMy suggestion would be to take up swimming, and to try to meet the suggested walking target of 10,000 steps a day, buy or get a free pedometer (step counter, some cereals are giving them away).  You can incorporate brisk walking into almost any daily routine.\n\nhttp://www.shapeup.org/10000steps.html\nhttp://www.thewalkingsite.com/10000steps.html\nhttp://www.ivillage.co.uk/dietandfitness/getfit/sportsacts/articles/0,,258_660123,00.html\n\nAs for diets, you should be aiming at a diet that you can sustain and enjoy, avoid fast food (burgers etc) ready meals (TV dinners) and sweets (once you hit your target weight learn to treat once a week only).  Try replacing sweets with cereal bars (watch these as they still have sugars in them) fruit salads, and fruit in general.\n\nAt meal time if you eat of a typical 10 inch plate it should NOT be full, a typical plate piled full of food will have more than double your daily calorie intake, which is why a lot of people have weight problems (one trick here is to eat off a smaller plate, it cons your brain into thinking it's your usual full meal).  Calorie counting  can become very laborious and off-putting, also don't weigh yourself every day, resist temptation until the end of each week.\n\nFinally here are a few sites with some healthy eating suggestions to make mealtimes healthy and enjoyable.\n\nTake a look at the recipes before you go 'yuck this sounds boring' there are loads of tasty stuff\n\nhttp://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/healthyeating/index.cfm?contentID=1401\nhttp://www.thatsmyhome.com/healthy/index.htm\nhttp://www.healthyliving.gov.uk/healthyeating/\nhttp://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/healthy_eating/evening_meal.htm\n\nPS. It's all about conditioning your mind and your body, once you get used to eating healthily you will enjoy it, give the recipes time and don't give up after a few weeks. You have plenty of time to lose the weight, do it in a healthy and sensible way.\n\nOh and congrats on the wedding, have a great day in June/July 2007 :)
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There is a great book you need to read. It is from the Editor and Chief of Mens Health Magazine it is called the Abs Diet. Here is the link. This is a realistic regimine after much investigation.\n\nhttp://www.absdiet.com/uof/absdiet/?source=rodale
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Here is a pretty good work out and diet that works for me. Hope it helps.\n\n\n\nMonday:\n# Breakfast: 1 cup oatmeal and an orange\n# Mid-morning snack: soy protein drink\n# Lunch: 3 oz. broiled chicken salad w/mixed greens and half an alvacado\n# Midafternoon snack: almond butter on apple\n# Dinner: 3 eggs, veggies, and salad\n\nTuesday:\n# Breakfast: 1 cup Cream of Wheat and one slice of melon\n# Midmorning snack: vanilla protein shake\n# Lunch: 4 oz. stir-fry shrimp, salad\n# Midafternoon snack: pure protein bar\n# Dinner: 3 oz. chicken w/veggies\n\nWednesday:\n# Breakfast: oatmeal w/almond flakes\n# Midmorning snack: 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese and an orange\n# Lunch: 4 oz. grilled salmon\n# Midafternoon snack: half a melon\n# Dinner: 2 slices of pizza (wow)\n\nThursday\n# Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs\n# Midmorning snack: apple\n# Lunch: 3 oz. chicken and veggies\n# Midafternoon snack: one protein bar\n# Dinner: 4 oz. tuna and veggies\n\nFriday:\n# Breafkast: oatmeal & apple\n# Midmorning snack: protein shake\n# Lunch: turkey salad (4.5 oz.)\n# Midafternoon snack: two cups of fruit\n# Dinner: chicken n dumplings\n\nWorkout\n\nMonday:\n# 10 min. warmup jog\n# four sets of 15 crunches, 15 bicycle twists, 15 leg raises\n# 30 mins. on the Stairmaster\n\nTuesday:\n# 10 min. warmup jog\n# four sets of 15 crunches, 15 bicycle twists, 15 leg raises\n# one hour upper body tone-up with light dumbbells (lotta work)\n# four sets of bicep curls mixed in with four sets of 20 tricep kickbacks\n\n(biceps: let your arms hang at your sides, bend elbows, bring weights up to chest level then drop down. tricep kickbacks: bend at waist so your body is at a 90 degree angle. hold dumbbels at chest level and bend elbows at waist. push behind you until your arm is straight, working the muscle at the back of your arm. there are also a bunch of other exercises done with weights)\n\nWednesday:\n# one hour hike w/friends or one hour yoga class\n\nThursday:\n\nTake a break! It's best to work out for 3 days, then take a day off for one.\n\nFriday:\n# 10 minute warmup jog\n# 20 minute stretch\n# four sets of 15 crunches, 15 bicycle twists, 15 leg raises\n# 20 minute treadmill jog
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You have two options. You can cut calories and perform crunches like crazy, try one of the hot new incredible infomercial ab devices and buy a “fat burner”, Also there is another  option but it is not too popular. Eat right, Understand functions of the abdominal muscles, work the body as a whole, and allow for ongoing fat release. Of all of two options, there is only one that "works," all of the time. Unfortunately, it “appears” to be the most complicated. \n\nHere is the Real Ab-Solution:\n\nBefore we go any further, I would like to point out that slimming down your abdominal parts REALLY means reducing you body fat percentage in those areas. Therefore, the goal is to reduce your body fat percentage.  \n\nNow that we understand what we are seeking, let us zero in on the solution.\n\nStep 1: Eat right to release the fat from the fat cells\n\n"Eat right" sounds so simplistic, but the idea is maximize natural unprocessed foods and minimize processed or junk foods (Please do not go on a depravation diet, it will make things worse). However, you also need to eat in a way that supports Fat loss.\n\nThe real trick lies in stabilizing blood sugar, which allows fat to be released from your fat cells. You would do that by eating meals free from simple sugars and refined carbs, low in processed saturated fat, and balanced with protein, complex carbs, fiber, and essential fatty acids. \n\nStep 2: Move your body to burn the fat in the muscle cells.\n\nOnce the fat is release from the cells, they need to be burned in your muscle cells. Releasing the body fat is not enough; you need to support your nutrition with a more active lifestyle. If you are not active, the released fat just goes back to the fat cells and they are not burned. Burning that fat make your “six packs” visible. You not only need to work on your abs or core muscles but you also need to work you the body as a whole (focus on the major muscles like your legs and back).\n\nThen you need to optimize circulation with moderate aerobic exercise (do not go crazy), and fat release should be consistent and ongoing, and a little at a time, those abs will shine through.\n\nDO NOT continue doing something just because "THEY" say it's the way things should be done. Allow yourself to choose the solution that will work for you, regardless of what it may be. The only way for you to know who is right is to measure your progress and ACTUALLY track your results.\n\nCHANGE IS HARD, but it's also worth it. Not getting results makes change EXTREMELY HARD.\n\nGet support from friends, family or a coach. Losing weight is not as hard at it seems once you know what to do. Stop now and sign up to my Forbidden Weight loss Secrets blog at http://www.charlesblain.com because you will receive weight loss secrets that you will not get anywhere else. The result will be that body that you’ve always wanted.\n\nGood Luck with your journey…\n\nhttp://www.newjerseypersonaltrainer.com
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Abs are a tough one. you must be disciplined. I work abs everyday. Do lots of crunches everyday... Actually, do reverse crunches or leg lifts first. This will focus more on the lower abs. It's best to do lower abs first. Then do normal crunches. Again proper form is important... All that being said, It won't do a lick of good without the proper diet and exercise. You'll just have six pack abs covered by a layer of fat. Eat small healthy meals and get lots of exercise. It's difficult to get/keep a six pack if you don't work at it. There are several more ways to improve your abs, but that should get you started. Good luck!
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You can't burn fat in just one area. But if you want a six pack lay off the chips and beer and start lifting. you will replace fat with muscle and virtually stay the same weight. You know you can do 200 hundred sit ups a day and still have fat around your midsection, Just think of spreading peanut butter over your abs. You will hide the muscle with the peanut butter, so if you quit the chips and beer and other high carb foods the fat will virtually melt off and your abs will begin to show. It took me three weeks of playing basketball jumping rope and other things to get your metabolism going. Eat six small meals no bigger than your fist and do at 35 grams of protein every two hours or so you will see a new you in three weeks and you will be motivated to do this the rest of your life
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This is quoted from FitGuy\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=A9G_fwGGMSVEJAkA6j8ezKIX?show=AA10240897\n\n“stay away from any ab machine as they are simply a waste of money and barely effective. For the upper abs, focus on crunches which effectively work the abdominals better than sit-ups… For the lower abs, keep in mind there is very little muscle tissue there so decreasing levels of body fat is the most effective way to bring out the best in this area. Hanging leg raises, v-situps and reverse curls are among some of the best exercise for this region. Always make sure your pelvis curls up to maximize lower abdominal contraction during these exercises… and getting ripped goes, cardio, cardio, cardio. In the morning, on an empty stomach at about 70-80% of your maximum heart rate for about 30-45 minutes. This combined with a common sense diet will quickly shed body fat so you can actually see those abs you've developed.”\n \nFor home routine I recommend this: Jack-knife, Ball Crunch, Lying Leg-Hip Raise, Aerobics (you can buy one of the steppers with a handle and panel)
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My favorite ab exercises are crunches and Roman chair.  Unlike most other muscles, abs can be worked every day.  Do make sure that you pull your abs tightly toward your spine when working them because the muscles will form in the position they are worked.  Fail to do this and they can form bulging out which is not attractive.\n\nThere is no site specific way of losing fat... the old myth about working your abs to burn belly fat isn't true. To get rid of love handles, you need to lose overall fat. That happens with exercise and watching your diet. More on that below. \n\nThe most effective way to lose fat is aerobic exercise in the "moderate" fat-burning range, ideally first thing in the morning before you eat. When you wake your body is ready to burn fat and your levels of growth hormone are highest at that time. Later in the day it can take up to 30 minutes just to put your body into a fat-burning mode. \n\nYou are welcome to look at my 360 Blog of September 10 for more detailed suggestions.\n\nAloha
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u should go on the mcdonald's diet.
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Well I do know the Atkin's diet works but the thing is that you have to not only have want to do it but have to make time to do it. I understand you working long hours but all work is not good for anyone. You need to take time for yourself so you can plan your diet and once you do that you'll be able to follow it.
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lower your fat ratio, by eliminating all sugar and refined or processed foods such as white bread, crackers, pizza, cakes, donuts, muffins, cookies etc.\ninstead, eat fruit and steamed veggies and eggs and cheese (in moderation) and lean cuts of meat.\n\nA sample diet is \nmuelsi or oatmeal\nskim or soy milk\nberries\ncoffee or tea \norange juice\n\napple\nslice cheddar cheese\nhandful of walnuts\n\nsalad of baby spinich, \n2 boiled eggs\nyoghurt low cal dressing\nparmesan cheese\n\nbroiled salmon or chicken\nsteamed broccoli and sweet potato\n\nherbal tea\n\n\nThis type of eating combined with lots of water, good sleep habits, at least 1/2 hour of aerobic activity per day (where you break in to a sweat) is the way to get rid of the last 10 pounds of fat, regardless of where it is on your body, or whether you are a man or a woman.\n\nIt should only take about 2 weeks to see a difference, and in a month or so it will be gone
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For starters, don't do abdominal exercises as a way to "target" the body fat in your obliques.  Working the muscle beneath stored fat does NOTHING to the fat on top of the muscle.  In addition, crunches, sit-ups, side-bends, and other flexion-based exercises are a terrible way to work you abs in the first place.  They re-enforce terrible movement patterns, create chronically shortened muscles, don't train any functional strength that you'll actually be able to use in real life, and involve repetetive flexion of the spine which leads to degeneration of the vertabrae and discs over time.  Stick with functional, stability-based training like planks, side-planks, floor bridges, and compound lifts that force your abdominals to stabilize (like squats, unsupported rows, overhead pressing, single-leg work, etc.).  You'll be FAR better off.\n\nThe only way to lose that fat is to reduce your overall body fat percentage.  You have to clean-up your diet: \n1.  Eat every 2-4 hours throughout the day (starting with breakfast).\n2.  Get lean, complete protein with every meal.\n3.  Eat LOTS of green veggies and fruits.\n4.  Eat complex carbs early in the day and after exercise.\n5.  Eat healthy fats with the rest of your meals (yes, even a few hours from bedtime!).\n6.  Stay hydrated at all times.\n\nYou also need to lift weights a few times per week (fairly heavy), and perform regular cardio sessions (30-40 minutes is pretty good, 3+ times per week).\n\nThat's a pretty simplistic explanation, and is far from a comprehensive approach, but it should get you started.
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Yeah, that's probably not the best idea, especially if you drink soda or milkshake with that burger.  Actually the soda is probably worse.  Try to look for healthier choices, like salads and stuff... and drink unflavored iced tea (no corn syrup added, just put in a little normal sugar) or water with your meal.  Good luck!  Keep up with the exercise, it is good for you even if you can't see results right now.  And by the way, if you're looking for better abs, make sure to do ab exercises :-)  Good luck.