How To Get Ripped Abs Challenge – Day 18-21

My family took a much needed vacation for a few days and attended a wedding. This took me out of my How To Get Ripped Abs program for a few days. I had debated with myself how I wanted to handle this and how strict I wanted to stay on the diet. I decided I would allow myself breakfast and dinner each day of whatever I wanted but stuck to a very light lunch. I missed 3 workouts and that I decided is also o.k. because I am just going to extend the 12 weeks by 3 extra days. That will make my last day the day before Thanksgiving. This works out to perfect timing for my next cheat meal.

The next 9 weeks of following How To Get Ripped Abs I am going to buckle down and drop the cheat meals. If I want to hit my goal of 40 pounds I need to follow the diet to the letter. On Monday I start phase 2 of the workout program and go into phase 2 of the nutritional plan. Phase 2 of the diet is a little different. There are 3 low carb days followed by 1 moderate carb up day. This is the best possible combination to be able to follow a low carb diet for a longer duration. The carb day every 3 days helps normalize the metabolism and restore lost glycogen. This is the phase of the program where the fat really starts to melt off fast. I’m down 12 pounds in 3 weeks which is pretty good considering I was having cheat meals and just took a half week off and ate really well.

So far my first 3 weeks of How To Get Ripped Abs were a big success. Now it’s time to buckle down for 9 more weeks to lose another 28 pounds. If I don’t cheat and I continue to workout as hard as I have been I am certain I will make it. I want to end this challenge in great condition. I can go into the holidays lean and spend some time adding some extra lean mass. I will be very careful not to fall back into bad habits causing me to gain fat.

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