Hey Phitties!
This is a critical one for you while you're trying to get phit - do your abs! Yes, there are a bunch of reasons to work your abs, many of which I'll cover a different time. For now I'm going to tell you one that is a little thought of secret - it keeps you from eating!
"Huh?" you say. "Really!" I say! "But why?" you ask, "is abdominal work an appetite suppressant?" No! Not as in a chemical one anyway :-) But it does help! Here's the deal - especially when you first start and your abs feel the burn. During the day as your stomach gets stretched in the normal course of eating - you feel it. Your tummy will even hurt - not in a stomach ache kind of way - but in a "HEY!! You're stretching me out!" kind of way. Ironically, you may even feel kind of bloated - even though you're not anymore than usual. And, you could even wonder why your pants feel tight - only to go and check them and find out they aren't! It's your abdominal muscles my phab one! They're working for you!
Now here's the even cooler thing - it's mentally re-enforcing your work too! It's giving your brain signals, and you start thinking - "man, I'm not having that bag of M&M's because I'm not going to undo this!" Watch and see - you'll know it's true!
Tomorrow my Phitties!
- PhillyMac
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